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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎34r] (76/540)

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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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Similarly, I should hesitate to register sea-going dhows, such as the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Dhows, unless the owner had substantial property in Berbera.
Personally I think compulsory registration would afford a very useful means of
exercising greater control over native crait, provided it were universally adopted by the local
authorities of the three powers interested ; otherwise, it is merely a self-denying ordinance.
*
Like other Regulations devised with the object of checking the arms-traffic, they
must, to be of any use, be universally adopted, each party accepting its own share of the
responsibility.
The Italians, I believe, are registering their local dhows as far as possible, and if the
French will do the same, then I think there would be a good case for Aden following suit,
and the additional responsibility incurred would be equally shared.
[Draft Regulations prepared by Mr. Hurst on Sir C. Egerton’s No. 54 of the 19th April
1904, and sent to Mr. Cordeaux for observations, August . Revised and sent out
for issue, if suitable, September , 1904.]
SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE.
NOTICE.
The following Regulations, made by His Majesty’s Commissioner for the Somaliland
Protectorate, and allowed by the Secretary of State, are published for general information.
Berlera, llfth October 190^,
for Commissioner.
King’s Regulations under Article 32 of tc The Somaliland Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1899.’’
No. 7 of 1904.
Registration of Vessels.
1. These Regulations may be cited as (t The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regu- Short title,
lations, 1904.”
2. In these Regulations— Interpretation.
“ Vessel” means any description of vessel used in navigation ;
“ Prescribed ” means prescribed by any rule or order under these Regulations ;
“ Master ” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of
any vessel*
3. Every vessel employed in navigation in any waters of the Protectorate which obligation to
belongs to, or is used by, any native of the Protectorate, or any person residing or to any register.
Company or partnership carrying on business therein, shall, unless exempted, be registered,
lettered, and numbered in manner hereinafter provided.
4. Application for registration of a vessel shall be made by the owner or master Application for
in such manner and at such place and to such officer as shall be prescribed by the registry.
Commissioner.
o. For purposes of registration, numbering, and lettering, vessels shall be divided classes of vessels,
into three classes :—
1 st Class : Vessels of 15 tons burthen and upwards j
2nd Class: Vessels of less than 15 tons burthen, navigated otherwise than by
oars, paddles, or poles only;
3rd Class : Boats navigable by oars, paddles, or poles only;
Provided that the officer to whom the application to register is made may, .1 he
think proper, place any small vessel occasionally navigated or propelled by sail in the
3rd instead of the 2nd class.
con 477—2

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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.

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1 volume (266 folios)
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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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