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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' [203r] (405/911)
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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to continue doing this until such time as we vacated,and
the balance of the consolidated rent would be then
ascertained and paid, but if in accordance with Paragraph 2
of your above mentioned letter you prefer settlement made
at once, then my Company will be quite willing to do so on
the understanding of course that my Company's people y;ere
allowed to remain until the final closing dOT/n: I believe
that the date of 1st May, 1936 named in that Paragraph by you
was mentioned because it coincided with the commencement
date of the lease.
With regard to your Paragraph 3 of the same
letter in connection with delapidations, it was q>ointed
out that the reference to hire money therein was to be as
a direct cancellation out against delapidations under
clause S.D.to which I am prepared to agree, but the taking
over of such plant is, 1 think, dealt with in the sale
offer which I have now made to Government.
With regard to Point B.,I explained that we expect
shortly to know that the last mercantile steamer oakling
will be in the early days of August, after which we do not
propose to continue the lighting of the Harbour unless it
is Government's wish that we shall do so as long as our
stores and materials for lighting remain.
With regardyfco C., an early intimation will be
welcomed as to when the Government will be ready to be free
of. .commercial means of communication, as it is now desired
to withdraw the Lloyd's signalmen who attend to the
cable duties, and here again we feel that we should not be
asked to do this indefinitely, as there is now no cable
revenue at all to warrant their remaining.
I shall be glad if you will kindly let me have a
reply to tne points raised at your earliest convenience, so
that I can proceed with certain very necessary arrangements.
M.J.Clauson Esq.,
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.
,
S.W.l.
Yours sincerely,
(Sd.)Graham Wallis.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1497
- Title
- Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set'
- Pages
- 439r:444r, 431r:431v, 358r:359v, 347r:348v, 345r:345v, 296r:297v, 291r:294v, 269r:269v, 256r:256v, 227r:231v, 201r:203v, 181r:182v, 151r:154v, 128r:129v, 109r:109v, 53r:54v
- Author
- Wallis, Graham
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