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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' [442r] (883/911)
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 see the closing down of anywhere where they have once
started, hut it is quite evident from the result of our
interview, end this rather surprised me, that there is
no working arrangement whatever between A.P.G*Ch and
Asiatic as between Aden and perim, ana they have
definitely had to admit that they are very badly placed
at Perim to compete with Persian at Aaen.
We have discussed with them every possible aspect,
such as Personnel, Plant, Accommodation, Repairs, Pood,
Water, Light, etc., and at the end of the interview it
was decided that they would try and draw up some sort of
a skeleton scheme regarding the possible cost of their
running a Depot, and they asked me if we would give them
the benefit of our advice and experience, which I
certainly said we would, and they are going to bring
their whole scheme round here in a day or two to see if
we can vet it and then it will be laid oefore their
Board for decision.
There is one other point I touched on with Colonel
Reilly, and that was the Medical Officer, and I am quite
sure that Asiatic will not go to the expense of keeping
a Doctor there, therefore it would be rather interesting
to hear what the Government propose from the hadical
point of view in respect of the people they will have to
keup, such as Lighthouse Keepers and/or what obligation
they feel they have in this respect to any Natives who
may remain on the Island.
I got the impression that Asiatic felt that the
Government ought to run the Harbour Lights etc., the
Medical and perhaps also the Water and Light, but of
course I had to point out that oefore we went there there
were many people who nad lived there for a considerable
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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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- 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
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- Wallis, Graham
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