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File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.' [288r] (501/878)
The record is made up of 1 item (30 folios). It was created in 24 Nov 1926-14 Feb 1929. 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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and address
In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
this subject, please quote
Foreign Office.
not to any person by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
S.w.l.
10th October, 1925.
sentenced to imprisonment by courts in Abyssinia, I am
directed by Mr.Secretary Chamberlain to request you to
inform the Secretary of State for India that he has been
in correspondence with the Colonial Office regarding
liability for the cost of detention of these prisoners.
2. The Colonial Office have pointed out that many
persons throughout North Africa claim to be Somalis though
they might not necessarily be recognised as such by the
Somaliland Protectorate. In order to avoid difficulties
arising over the question of pecuniary liability, Mr.
Chamberlain is considering the possibility of instructing
His Majesty’s Minister at Addis Ababa to arrange for
lists, giving particulars of persons registering themselves
under article 138 of the Abyssinia
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, to
be sent quarterly for endorsement to the Dominion, Colony
or Protectorate of which they c 1 airn to be natives. Such
lists would of necessity not be exhaustive, in that,
despite the penalties provided by the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
,
not all British subjects register themselves, but the
system contemplated would at least tend to minimize tne
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This part contains papers, mainly correspondence, largely relating to the recovery by the Government of India of the cost of maintaining in Aden District Prison prisoners convicted by British authorities in Abyssinia.
The correspondence is mostly between the following:
- The Foreign Office and the Treasury.
- The Foreign Office and HM Consul, Addis Ababa.
- The Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and HM Consul, Addis Ababa.
- The Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department.
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- File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.'
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- 38r:476v
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