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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.' [‎400v] (726/878)

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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Article 120 of the new Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is generally similar,
although it makes no speciiic provision for expenses of maintenance. So far
as these expenses are incurred in Abyssinia;, or on the way to India, they will
not be claimed from the Government of India.
I am however to refer to the correspondence which passed last year
regarding the case of Bishen Singh, and to your letter of the 18th of July
1913 No & P. 2515, in which the view was accepted that the cost of maintenance
in India of an Indian subject should be borne by Indian revenues.
This principle would seem to be equally applicable to similar cases under
the Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and Sir E. Grey trusts that the Secretary of
State for India in Council will concur in this view.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
ENCLOSURE No. I:—India Office to Foreign Office.
P. 1659.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to
acknowledge the receipt of your letrer of the 29th April 1914, No. 15,063, as to
the incidence of expenditure in connection with the trial and imprisonment of
persons at Aden and Bombay under Articles 37 and 56 of the Abyssinia Order
in Council, 1913.
In reply I am to state that, before sending the proposals to the Government
of India for their consideration the Secretary of State in Council would be glad
to receive an assurance that in the case of persons of other than British Indian
nationality to whom the articles may be applied, the cost of maintenance will he
recoverable from Imperial revenues. The term “British Indian ” will be held,
in this connection, to include subjects of the Indian Native States.
. It is understood that claims for the recovery of expenses incurred by the
iGovernment of India in connection with such persons should be preferred
^direct in each case to His Majesty’s Minister and Consul-General at Adis Ababa,
I am, &c,,
The Under Secretary of State, T. W. Holderness.
Foreign Office.
I am, &e.,
A. Law.
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. ,
27 th May 1914.
ENCLOSURE No. 5 :—Foreign Office to 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. .
No. 23,895. Foreign Office,
Sir, 8th June 1914.
With reference to your letter P. 1659, of the 27th ultimo,- relative to the
incidence of the expenditure in connection with the administration of Articles 37
and 56 of the Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 19i3, I am directed by Secretary Sir
Edward Grey to inform you that the cost of maintaining prisoners at Aden and
Bombay, of other than British Indian nationality, will be recoverable from
Imperial revenues. The term “ British Indian ” is held to include subjects of
the Indian Native States.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
I am, &c.,
A. Law.

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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.

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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.' [‎400v] (726/878), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/447/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057579128.0x000006> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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