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Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set' [101r] (201/911)
The record is made up of 1 file (456 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 1937. It was written in English. 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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THIS INDENTURE is made the 27th day of October 1936 between
The Secretary of State in Council of India (hereinafter called “ the Lessor ”)
10 of the one part and The Perim Coal Company Ltd. (hereinafter called “ the
Stamp
shillings Company ”) of the other part
^ an ^ u ^ enture lease dated the Twenty-fifth day of April
l.)L6 made between the parties hereto the land situate in the Island of Perim
together with the buildings erections and bandars thereon more particularly
(lesciibed therein and delineated in the plan annexed thereto (hereinafter referred
to as “ the said premises ”) were demised to the Company for the term and at the
rent therein mentioned
NOW THIS IN DEN TUP E WITNESSETH as follows:—
(1) THAI the Company doth hereby assign surrender and yield up unto the
Lessor the said premises Together with the hereinbefore recited Indenture and all
the estate right title and interest of the Company TO HOLD the same unto the Lessor
tor the residue and remainder now unexpired of the term of sixteen years granted
by the said Indenture and for all and other estate and interest of the Company in
the said premises to the intent that the said term of sixteen years may merge and
be extinguished m the reversion of the Lessor AND the Company doth hereby
covenant with the Lessor that the Company has not executed or done or knowingly
suttered or P art y t0 an J deed or thing whereby or by reason or means whereof
the said premises or any part thereof are or maybe charged encumbered effected
or impeached in title estate or otherwise howsoever.
(2) IN consideration of the jsum of Ninety-six thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
(Rs. 96,000) paid
by the Company to the Lessor at the Treasury at Aden of which One thousand two
hundred and twenty-nine
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
eleven annas and eleven pies (Rs.1,229. 11 as. 11 o.)
were paid on the First day of February 1936 and the residue namely Ninety-four
thousand seven hundred and seventy
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
four annas and one pie (Rs. 94,770. 4 as. 1 o.)
weie paid on the Seventh day of October 1936 the Lessor accepts the surrender
hereinbefore contained
IN WITNESS whereof Sir Reginald Isidore Robert Glancy, KCSI.,KCIE.
, . anc * Alfred Altm Lethbridge Parsons, XCLE
being two Members of the Council of India have hereunto set their bands and
seals and the seal of the Perim Coal Company Ltd. was hereunto affixed the day
and year first above written J
Signed^ Sealed and Delivered by the
said two Members of Council > R. l.R, Glancy T s)
in the piesence of j A»A.L. Parsons
H.S. Painter
India -Office.
The Seal of the Perim Coal Company
Ltd. was hereunto affixed in the
presence of—
(seal)
Graham Wallis Director.
F.H.W. Warren Secretary.
of Hinton Spalding- and Company
Limited, Managers of the Perim
5318 6 10.36 Coal Company Limited.
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The file contains papers regarding the operation of certain businesses on Perim, negotiations for their withdrawal from the island, and arrangements for the Government of India to assume responsibility for maintaining essential services previously provided by the companies.
The papers primarily concern the position of the Perim Coal Company - a subsidiary of Lambert Brothers Ltd. - and consist of correspondence regarding: the lease held by the company (copy at ff 445-54); their financial circumstances, and reasons for ceasing operations on Perim; arrangements for early termination of the lease through a deed of surrender (copy at ff 123-25); and the proposed sale of a water condensing plant and accessories to the Government of India.
Throughout their period of operation on the island the company provided certain essential services: a company employee acted as Government Agent on the island, and they also provided sanitation and medical services; the supply of water, ice and electricity; and oversaw the lighting and buoying of the harbour. Arrangements for the assumption of these duties by the Government of India and Aden authorities are also discussed in the correspondence.
The correspondence also concerns other businesses operating on Perim, namely the Asiatic Petroleum Company, the Lloyd's signal station, the Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd., and the Eastern Telegraph Company (owned by Cable and Wireless PLC). The file contains correspondence with Cable and Wireless and minutes of the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee, regarding: the temporary provision of telegraph services until an alternative wireless set is provided for the island; and the continued maintenance of the company's cable tank depot, used for cable repair operations throughout the region.
A map of the island, showing the location of buildings leased by the companies, can be found at folio 446.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 1-2).
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- 1 file (456 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 456; 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.
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- Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set'
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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 56r:59v, 63r:77v, 79r:93v, 95r:97v, 100r:105v, 107r:108v, 110r:127v, 130r:147v, 150r:150v, 155r:156v, 159r:180v, 183r:200v, 204r:226v, 232r:255v, 257r:258v, 263r:268v, 270r:290v, 295r:295v, 298r:344v, 346r:346v, 349r:357v, 360r:384v, 389r:393v, 400r:430v, 432r:438v, 444v:445v, 447r:454v, 447r:447v, back
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