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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎32r] (72/540)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Accompaniments to Bombay Government letter. Political Department,
Bo, 7035, dated the 1st October 1907.
No. 3538, dated the 8 th June 1907.
From—Lieutenant-Colonel P. R, Legh, Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ^ Aden;
To—The Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay.
With reference to correspondence ending with Political Department
Endorsement No. 1421, dated the 22nd Eebruary 1907, regarding suggestions
made by the Government of India to amend Regulation III of 1902 and to take
certain other measures to more effectively control the illicit traffic in arms in the
Gulf of Aden, I have the honour to forward copy of a note dated the 3rd June
1907 which has been submitted to me by my Eirst Assistant Resident and to
state that I have nothing in particular to add to the views which are there
expressed.
Memorandum by Captain F. de B. Hancock, Acting First Assistant
Resident, Aden, dated the 3rd June 1907.
Bombay Political Department
25th January 1902.
No. 842, dated the
Regulation III of 1902 was the outcome of the suggestion that all traffic should at (
times be suspended between Aden and certain
small ports on the Somali Coast, East of Berbera,
as a coercive measure calculated to enforce
compliance with the general prohibition of the illicit introduction of fire-arms at those
ports.
2 . In Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 's letter No. 114, dated the 19th April 1902, it was stated
that Colonel Swayne considered it unnecessary that all trade to the Somaliland Protect
orate should pass through Berbera. And this led to the framing of certain Rules which
eventually took the form of Regulation III of 1902, and became law under the Govern
ment of India Act of 1870 (33 Viet, c, 3). At the same time
opy attae re . a Notification* was issued on the Somali Coast, dated the
30th September 19C2, under Article 24 of the Somaliland Customs Regulations of 1902
to the effect that all native craft proceeding from any port or place in the Gulf of Aden .
and bound for any place or port in the Somaliland Protectorate East of Berbera should j
first touch at one of the three Customs ports of Berber a, Karam or Hais and should not
leave that port until they had obtained from the Customs authorities written permission to
proceed to their destination direct.
3. And at the same time Italy co-operated to the extent of agreeing that all Midjour-
teyn dhows should be similarly bound to first call at the British port of Hais before pro^
ceeding to the various small ports on their coast.
4. The Regulation thus went beyond the scope of a temporary coercive measure,
and imposed certain permanent restrictions upon trade passing between Aden and
certain places in the Gulf of Aden which Government, whilst refusing to go so far as to
sanction the “ Aden Port Clearance and Trade Registration Bill" referred to in Govern
ment Resolution No. 2017, dated the 25th April 1900, deemed it expedient to impose, with
a view to checking the illicit arms traffic between Jibuti and the Somali Coast,
5. The Regulation also included special provision against the carrying of arms and
ammunition between the Arabian and African Coasts of the Gulf of Aden, and for certain
powers of search at Aden which could not otherwise be provided for without making
Aden a Customs Port, which was deemed inexpedient. 6 7
6 . In Government of India letter No. 1405-E., dated the 4th June 1884, it had
been observed that the Arms Act was no doubt intended to be worked with the aid of
the Sea Customs Act. And the Regulation apparently aimed at such a combination as
was possible without resorting to the undesirable expedient of making Aden a Customs
Port.
7 . In the Somaliland Protectorate itself there are both a Firearms and Customs
Regulations which, worked in harmony, should impose an effective check upon the illicit
traffic in arms. But Regulation III of 1902 was framed with the intention of imposing
such further check upon the traffic as could be secured by the co-operation of the Indian
Government.
con 477—-1

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This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regulations, 1904’ and the ‘Aden Sea-traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902’. There is substantial correspondence about amending the 1902 regulation, together with revised drafts made in 1907 and 1908. Correspondents are officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Admiralty in London and the British Ambassador at Paris, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence are English translations of several letters sent and received by Sultan Ahmed Fadthl, The Abdali of Yemen (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) in 1905 and 1907, and also by Said Faisal the Sultan of Oman in 1907.

The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of a letter from the Italian Consul at Aden to the First Assistant Resident at Aden in 1906 and a letter from the French Consul at Muscat to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat in 1907. The diplomatic correspondence also includes several English translations of notes from the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at London, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1907 and 1908.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (266 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 869 (Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/32-34. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 145-264 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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