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Coll 1/3 'Aden Settlement: Administration Reports 1937-38' [22v] (44/96)
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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32
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL
Expenditure.
Rs.
Recurrent ... ... ••• ••• ••• I > 5^> 2 44
Extraordinary ... ... ••• ••• 73 , 200
1 , 659,444
It will be observed that the chief revenue increase is under
Posts and Telephones and the item responsible for this is the
sale of stamps to collectors and dealers, both the new issue
introduced on the inauguration of the Colony and the Corona
tion issue.
The increase under Extraordinary Expenditure arises out of
the necessity to build quarters for the Chief Justice, the Legal
Adviser and the Education Officer.
The surplus for the year 1937/38 will be just oyer Rs.3
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
,
which will practically wipe out the excess of liabilities taken over
from the Government of India. It is estimated that the
financial year 1938 / 39 will open with assets just about balancing
the liabilities.
Rs.
1,597, 000
160,000
1,757,000
Public Debt.
The Colony has no public debt.
Taxation.
The main source of revenue is Income Tax which is levied
under the Income Tax Ordinance 1937. In the case of every
company and registered firm the rate is two annas and four and
a sixth pies in the rupee; in the case of individuals, etc., the rate
varies from six and a half pies in the rupee on incomes over
Rs.2,000 to two annas and four and a sixth pies in the rupee on
incomes over Rs. 100,000. In respect of the excess of total
income over a specified figure which varies from Rs.30,000 f°
Rs.75,000 according to the circumstances. Supertax is also
charged.
There are no customs duties, but there is an excise duty on
intoxicating liquors.
The production of salt is subject to a tax which is collected
when the commodity is exported or sold for local consumption.
Practically the whole of the salt tax revenue is derived from
salt exported to India and the Far East. The tax on salt so
exported is 8 annas per ton.
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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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- Title
- Coll 1/3 'Aden Settlement: Administration Reports 1937-38'
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- front, front-i, 2r:48v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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