'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ADEN FOR 1896-97' [‎159r] (31/55)

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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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Nationalities of Foreign
Men-of-W ar.
136. Of the 54 foreign men-of-war
ncan, 5 Austrian, 3 Dutch, 3 French 37
Portuguese, 1 Mexican and 2 Spanish.
1 was Ame-
Italians, 2
Nationalities of merchant
vessels.
137.
, , ,, ine toliowing table shows the nationalities
of the merchant steamers as compared with the nre
tious year h 1 ^-
.
1896-97.
1895-96.
British
... 831
845
Austrian ...
54
52
Arab
3
4
Dutch
20
27
French
88
128
German
89
90
Italian
72
80
Japanese ...
2
Norwegian
5
7
Russian ...
28
22
Spanish
v ... 49
29
Turkish ...
15
22
Total ... 1,256 1,306
„ .}. 38 ’ r Tlie decease is principally due to most of the vessels of the Messageries
Mantimes Company being obliged to call at D’Jibuti in accordance with the
teims of their mail contract with the French Government, who are making
every endeavour to establish a coal depot and port at D’Jibuti.
139. 1 lie net registered tonnage of the merchant vessels was 2,416,266
Tonnage Of Square-rigged tons against 2,432,737 tons in 1895-96 and 2,280,479
6 86 s ‘ tons in 1894-95.
Country Craft 140. The following is a statement of the country
craft which entered the Port of Aden during the past
two years :—
Number of
Vessels.
Tonnage.
Tons.
1896-97
••• •••
1,503
48,424
1895-96
...
1,548
54,017
Decrease ...
45
5,593
Nationalities of Country
Craft.
_ 141. Of the country craft which called at Aden
during the year under report
66 .^were
British (Indian).
r„
French.
97 „
Italian.
13 „
Turkish.
20 „
Persian..
WS „
Arabian
Casualties.
142.
The following is a list of the casualties
reported during the year under review

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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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Reference: IOR/V/10/560/5
Title: 'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ADEN FOR 1896-97'
Pages: 144r:169r, 170r:171v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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