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Coll 1/3 'Aden Settlement: Administration Reports 1937-38' [21r] (41/96)
The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1939-15 May 1940. 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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29
ADEN, 1937
Police.
The police under the control of a Commissioner of Police and
a Deputy Commissioner consist of two forces, an unarmed and
an armed force. The strength of the former is 9 Inspectors,
4 Jamadars and 306 men. The strength of the armed force
is 4 Inspectors, 1 Jamadar and 200 men. Details of the strength
are as follows: —
Unarmed Police.
Aden Land and Sheikh
Othman Foot Police ...
Inspectors.
5
J amadars.
2
Head Constables
and Constables.
224
13
Perim Land Police
Sheikh Othman Mounted
Police
1
12
Aden Harbour Police
4
1
57
Total
9
4
306
At Aden
At Perim ...
At Kamaran
Armed Police.
Inspectors. J amadars.
..2 1
1 —
1 —
Head Constables
and Constables.
140
30
30
4
1
200
Prison.
The Aden District Prison is located in the Crater.
The chief industries of the jail at present are: (1) cane work
of all sorts, (2) manufacture of tennis, hockey and football nets,
(3) restringing of tennis racquets, and (4) breaking stone metal.
The permanent staff of the prison consists of a Superintendent,
a Jailor, a Head Clerk, a Subordinate Medical Service Officer,
a Jamadar, a Quartermaster
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
, two Lance Naiks and
twelve
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
. Two temporary wardresses are employed
whenever female prisoners are admitted, one for day and one
for night duty.
All members of the permanent staff are provided with free
quarters close to jail premises, with the exception of the Super
intendent and the Subordinate Medical Service Officer.
Official and non-official visitors appointed under the prison
rules visit the jail once a week in rotation and hold a combined
inspection once a quarter.
There is an Advisory Committee consisting of a President, two
officials and two non-official members, which meets every six
months to review sentences of long-term prisoners (five years
and upwards). One meeting of the Advisory Board was held
during the year and one case of a long-term prisoner was
reviewed; the convict in question was not recommended for
release.
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- Content
The file consists of an envelope containing letters and two small booklets:
- ff 6-26, Colonial Reports, Annual, No. 1883 - Annual Report on the Social and Economic Progress of the People of Aden, 1st April - 31st December, 1937 (1939)
- the above report contains a map at f 25r, titled 'Aden Colony Boundary Plan' showing the Colony boundary and military reserved areas;
- ff 27-48, Colonial Reports, Annual, No. 1936 - Annual Report on the Social and Economic Progress of the People of Aden, 1938 (1940);
- ff 2-5, accompanying correspondence between the Colonial Office and 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. Political Department.
The reports are both divided into the following chapter headings:
- I. Geography, Climate and History
- II. Government
- III. Population
- IV. Health
- V. Housing
- VI. Production
- VII. Commerce
- VIII. Labour
- IX. Wages and Cost of Living
- X. Education, Welfare Institutions and Recreation
- XI. Communications and Transport
- XII. Public Works
- XIII. Justice, Police and Prisons
- XIV. Legislation
- XV. Banking, Currency, and Weights and Measures
- XVI. Public Finance and Taxation
- XVII. Miscellaneous
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the file by year (folio one).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 an terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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 1/3 'Aden Settlement: Administration Reports 1937-38'
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- front, front-i, 2r:48v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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