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'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ADEN FOR 1896-97' [154v] (22/55)
The record is made up of 1 item (28 folios). It was created in 1897?. 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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77.
Of the
Refunds.
amount of unclaimed estates credited to Government in pre
vious years, Rs. 215-4-0 were paid during the year s
the heirs having come to claim the same.
Colonial
78 Durino- the year under report the Court of the Resident was not
° ^ called upon to adjudicate any slave trade or other
cases within the jurisdiction of the Colonial Court
of Admiralty.
Court of Admiralty.
Changes in Law.
79 . No law of any importance affecting Aden
Changes in Law. was passed during the year.
Pmm.
80 Twenty-one suits of the value of Rs. 654 were decided by the Assistant
Resident as Judge of the Court of Small Causes
Civil Suits. against 29 of the value of Rs- 707; of these 18 were
contested and decided and 3 were otherwise disposed of; none remained in hand
at the end of the year.
81. Court-fee stamps of the value of Rs. 73-4-0 were sold for. plaints and
processes, &c., and the fines inflicted amounted to Rs. 487-8-0.
( 0 ).—Registration.
82 In the Registrar’s Office one sealed cover said to contain a will and
a codicil was deposited during the year. No other
Registrar’s Office. business was transacted at the said office.
83. The number of documents presented for
Sub-Registrar’s Office. registration and attestation were—
1895-96.
1896-97.
Increase.
Decrease.
Documents relating to immoveable property
171
174
3
Do. to moveable property
9
11
2
Powers attested
3
4
1
...
Total
183
189
6
...
84. The value of the property affected by
Value of the Property affected. registration
was as follows :—
] 895-96.
1896-97.
Increase.
Decrease.
Documents relating to immoveable property.
Do. moveable property ...
Rs.
2,91,343
1,800
Rs.
3,83,234
Rs.
91,891
OO
O
O
Total ...
2,93,143
3,83,234
90,091
...
85. The increase in the number of documents is slight, but the increase
^ _ in value is in deeds of sale and mortgages—property
ecrease. ° nc f ea8e and of large value having been sold and mortgaged during
the year.
Receipts.
Expenditure.
86 . The receipts in 1896-97 amounted to
Rs. 1,411 against Rs. 1,231 in 1895*96.
87. The expenditure in 1896-97 amounted to
Rs. 1,450 against Rs. 1,488 in the preceding year.
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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 1896-97.
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 AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY' (f 120)
- 'II.–POLITICAL' (f 120), consisting of: Changes in Administration; Relations with the Representatives of other Powers and with Tributary States and Foreign Affairs
- 'III.–PROTECTION' (ff 120-130), consisting of: Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- 'IV.–PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 131-133), consisting of: Weather; Trade; Public Works; Post Office
- 'V.–REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 133-135), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- 'VI.–VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 135-138), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Medical Relief
- 'VII.–INSTRUCTION' (f 138), consisting of: Education; Literature and Press
- 'IX.–MISCELLANEOUS' (f 139).
The remainder of the report consists of appendices (ff 139-140), a statement of meteorological observations (ff 140-141) and a 'REPORT OF STATION HOSPITAL, ADEN FOR THE YEAR 1896' (ff 141-142).
An index listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 117-118. 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.
This item is a duplicate of IOR/V/10/560/4.
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