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ADEN—T/ie Abdali —NO. XIII—1910.
If on trial the above site be proved unsuitable for wells, a similar site will,
in lieu of the same, be chosen by Government elsewhere on the left bank and in
a North Easterly direction of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -As-Saghir.
(II) not to do or allow to be done anything that will reduce or contaminate
the supply of water yielded by the wells sunk on the above site i.e., the working
of wells by machinery and the throwing of dirt within a distance of 400 feet of
the above site.
(III) to afford every facility to the British Government to construct, main
tain, if necessary on the Sultan failing to carry out the provisions of (IY), to pro
tect the above-mentioned site, main and accessories.
(IY) to safeguard at all times the aforesaid works and those employed upon
them.
The British Government on the other part hereby agrees so long as the afore
said conditions are observed :—
(a) to pay from the Aden Settlement Fund to the Sultan of Lahej his suc
cessors and heirs from the date the land is taken up and for so long
as the waterworks are maintained, the sum of Rs. 3,000 per mensem.
And the Sultan of Lahej undertakes that, in case the water is dimi
nished owing to his failing to protect the works against damage by
the Subehis or his tribesmen the Abdalis, then he is entitled to no
more than Rs. 15 per 1,00,000 gallons. Out of the aforesaid amount
Rs. 1,000 to be paid to the land-owners in consideration of the utili
sation of the water for Aden and as rent of the land on which the wells
are sunk. In the event of Government ceasing from drawing the
water the Treaty shall become null and void.
(fc) not to cause any eventual interruption of the water-courses and to re
pair all damage done to cultivable land.
(c) with reference to this agreement and the water supply herein projected,
the British Government undertakes on their part that nothing shall
be done to diminish or afiect the existing rights and absolute inde
pendence of the Sultan of Lahej, that they shall not interfere in any
way in the administration of his State.
This convention is subject to final ratification by the Government of India.
E. DeBrath, Major-General,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden'
J. A. Bell,
Brigadier-General.
J. Davies, Lieut . -Colonel,
First Assistant Resident, Aden.
Sultan op the Abdali.