'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF ADEN FOR 1892-93' [12v] (20/97)
The record is made up of 1 item (49 folios). It was created in 1893?. 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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General.
3. Charge of general conservancy of the Cantonment and Registration of
servants.
4, Granting of passes for the tunnel and for blasting, removing soil, &e
in Cantonment limits.
(ASSISTANT RESIDENT.)
Judicial.
Civil.
5. Hearing of civil suits over
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
five hundred but not exceeding rupee.'?
five thousand in value, suits not cognizable by Courts of Small Causes
and suits for the restitution of conjugal rights, rights of occupancy and
possession of papers, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, in the
Court-house in the Crater.
Criminal.
fi. Disposal of all criminal work when sitting in the Court of the Resident
in Camp, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (except the trial of
all cognizable offences committed within civil limits at Steamer Point)
and of all offences committed within military limits.
General.
7. Duties of Superintendent of Land Police.
8. Licensing of public land conveyances,
9. Charge of English and Arabic Schools.
10. Member of the Municipal Committee.
11. Member of the Committee of the Prince of Males’ Charitable Dispen
sary.
12. Visitor, Criminal and Civil Jails.
JUNIOR ASSISTANT RESIDENT.
Judicial,
Civil.
1. Disposal of civil suits over
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
fifty but not exceeding
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
five
hundred in value, and all suits by or against Europeans (officers,
soldiers and others) in the Court of the Resident on Mondays and
Wednesdays.
Criminal.
2. Disposal of all criminal work when sitting in the Court of the Resident
in Camp on Mondays and Wednesdays except offences committed
within military limits.
3. Trial in the Steamer Point Court-house of all cognizable offences com
mitted within civil limits at Steamer Point and disposal of such non-
cognizable cases as would involve hardship or loss to the poorer classes
if such were sent to the Court-house in the Crater,
Financial.
•1. Charge of the Opium, A'bkitri and Salt Departments, and issuino- of
licenses tor the possession and transport of petroleum.
General,
5, Visitor, Criminal and Civil Jails and Schools,
REGISTRAR OF THE COURT.
Judicial.
ds Judge of the Court of Small Causes.
1, Disposal of civil suits not exceeding
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
fifty in value except suits
by or against Europeans (officers, soldiers, and others). 1
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Annual administration report of the Aden Settlement, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Administration of Aden during the financial year 1892-93.
The main body of the report is headed 'PART II'. The first part is not present. Part II of the report is divided into the following sections, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- 'I.–PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY, AREA, CLIMATE AND CHIEF STAPLES' (f 8)
- 'II.–POLITICAL' (ff 8-16), consisting of: Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of Census; Changes in Administration; Relations with the Representatives of other Powers and with Tributary States and Foreign Affairs
- 'III.–PROTECTION' (ff 16-31), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Jurisdiction; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- 'IV.–PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 31-37), consisting of: Weather; Trade; Public Works; Telegraph; Post Office
- 'V.–REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 37-42), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- 'VI.–VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 42-45), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Medical Relief
- 'VII.–INSTRUCTION' (ff 45-46), consisting of: General Remarks; Education; Literature and Press.
The report includes appendices (ff 46-47) and a 'STATEMENT' (ff 48-51), the latter consisting of reports and statistics on weather, health, and sanitation.
An index listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-6. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the spelling or phrasing of sub-headings between the index and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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