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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [239r] (486/540)
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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No. 471 E.-B.
Erom
The ASSISTANT SECRETARY to the
GOVERNMENT or INDIA
in the Foreign Department^
To
H. O. QUIN, Esq.,
ACTING SECRETARY to 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.
Fort William, the 8 th February 1907.
Sir,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of Sir Steyning W. Edgerley’s
No. 2149 , dated the i9th March 1906 . letters marginally noted regarding the
No. 2675 „ 8th April 1906 . proposed amendment of the Aden Sea
Traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902, and on the subject of the stopping and
searching of dhows flying Turkish colours in British protected waters.
2. In reply, I am directed to say, with reference to paragraph 6 of the
first letter, and paragraph 2 of the second, that the Govemment of India desire
to examine further the practicability of applying the Indian Arms Act to the
.o ^ . *i i oa£* xr Protectorate in the manner suggested in
» Pro. No. 73 in Secret E., April 1906, Nos. 6/-73. ,, . i. i * at tt t>
Eoreign Department letter* NoPOSS E.-B.,
dated the 27th February 1^06, and they therefore think it advisable to defer
consideration of the question of embodying in the Regulation, provisions for
the guidance of officers similar to those to be found in Part III of the
Somaliland Regulation. If the Indian Arms Act were applied, it might be
found possible to secure the object desired by the issue of executive instructions
to the Commanders of vessels concerned.
3. I am to forward herewith a revised draft Notification giving effect to
the other suggestions contained in the letter of the 19th March.
The only provision in this draft to which it seems necessary to 'call special
attention is the new clause 12 giving power to make rules concerning the
carrying of arms for purposes of defence on Native vessels. The draft follows
the wording of the suggestions put forward by 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.
, but
it would appear to be desirable that more precise phraseology should be used to
describe the subject-matter of the rules, and I am to suggest that a revised
draft of the clause should be forwarded for the approval of the Government of
India. The term “ Native vessels ” appears to require definition or expan
sion, while the meaning of the term “ British protected Ports *’ is perhaps not
entirely clear.
As, if these rules are to have any binding effect, it is necessary that
they should be enforced by penalties, words have been added to clause 12
empowering the Resident to prescribe penalties for a breach of the rules.
The amount of the penalties should be fixed by the Bombay Government.
Provision has also been made in sub-clause (2) for the publication of the
rules.
4. With reference to the suggestion in paragraph 3 of the letter of the
19th March, that the provision requiring a bond to be executed before the
grant of a port clearance should be omitted, 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.
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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)
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/33
- Title
- File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:10v, 12r:14v, 18r:37v, 38v:51v, 53r:72v, 74r:100r, 102r:104r, 105v:114v, 115v:123v, 126r:136v, 139r:139v, 140v:145v, 146v:148v, 150r:169r, 170r:178v, 179v:206v, 208r:211v, 214r:222v, 225r:229v, 233r:256v, 258r:264v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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