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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎39v] (87/540)

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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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. . , mlf that the relation between clause 12 (1) («) and clause 8 is not
to point out that th ara{ted| was int eaded to provide a special
It will also be observed that
(1) different geopraphical expressions are used in the two clauses, the
reason for which is not apparent;
(2) clause 12 (1) (a) is limited to native vessels, whereas clause 8
applies to all vessels;
(31 clause 12 ( 1 ) («) is limited to arms, whereas _ clause (8) includes
also ammunition, military stores, and explosives.
3 I am to request that the Government of India ! may he furnished with
any furtto remaps that 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. may wish to offer with
regard to these two clauses.
DR ATT REGULATION
TO
[Cf Keg.
1902, «. 1.]
[Cf. Reg.
1S02,1. 2.]
Ill of
HI of
Short title.
Definitions.
[<7/ Keg. Ill
1902,8 3 (1).]
Amend the laic relating to restrictions on the sea-traffic in arms, ammunition,
military stores and explosives between Aden and places in the Gulf of Aden.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to restrictions on the sea-
traffic in arms, ammunition, military stores and explosives between Aden and
places in the Gulf of Aden ; It is hereby enacted as follows
1. This Regulation may he called the
Aden Arms (Sea-traffic) Regulation, 190 ,
2. In this Regulation, unless there is
anything repugnant in the subject or
context,—
(а) “ Resident ” means 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. at Aden ; and
(б) all words and expressions defined in the Indian Arms Act, 1878, or
the Indian Explosives Act, 1884, and used in this Regulation
shall he deemed to have the meanings respectively assigned to xi of 1878.
them by those Acts. IV of l8fc4,
8. No vessel shall depart or proceed from Aden on a voyage to any place
on the Gulf of Aden without obtaining a
VeBaels not to leave Aden withoot port,cle.rance. port . clearanc0 from suchofflc era S the
Resident may appoint in this behalf.
4. Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, the Resi
dent may from time to time prepare and
Power to require production of port-c’earance for publish a list of Selected ports in the Gulf
vessels arriving at Aden from selected ports. tit j-i
ot Aden and declare that the master of any
vessel arriving in Aden from any such selected port must produce a port-clear
ance, granted by the proper authority at such port, authorizing the vessel to
depart or proceed from such port direct to Aden.
6. Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, the Resi-
Power to declare any of such ports to be “ pres- dent may from time to time, by published
ports.” T - - T - -1 J T J . .
published under section
of
cnbed ports.” order, declare that any port included in a
list published under section 4 shall he deemed to he a “ prescribed
port,” for the purposes of this Regulation, in respect of any specified portion of
the coast-line of the Gulf of Aden.
6. (1) When any port has been declared under section 5 to he a prescribed
Power to prohibit grant 'of port-clearance at port in respect of any portion of the coast-
Aden for voyage, to other than prescribed port.. line of the Gulf of Aden, the Resident
may, subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, prohibit
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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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