'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st March 1910' [‎178r] (11/44)

„„., len for the cultivatioa of vegetables, etc. Some well-to-do native genltemen
also tried horticultural experiments at Shaikh Othman with some success.
They ha™ P lanted lai ' se plots ° £ Sr0und Wlth fruit trees ( chie % date) and
vegetables.
7 The trade of Aden is mostly a transhipment trade, the port serving
as a great centre of distribution. The total sea^
Trade and manufacture. bo p ne t ^ ade in year under report showed a large
increase being about 41 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in excess of the preceding year’s total, and
diowin 0, the highest figures during the past 5 years. The trade with the
interior 5 of Arabia increased in imports and exports by 78 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and -95 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
respectively.
8 . The chief industries of Aden are salt and cigarette manufacture. The
Italian firms of Messrs. Burgarella Ajola and Company have been doing a
very profitable business in salt manufacture at Shaikh Othman for many
vears. The Bombay firm of Messrs. Abdulabhoy and Joomabhoy Lalljee &
Co. have leased 906*92 acres of land for 30 years and are preparing the ground
for* the manufacture of salt. The salt manufactured by these firms is not
intended for local consumption, the monopoly of which is in the hands of
Government who have licensed certain salt pits to Arabs, who worked the
pits before the monopoly was purchased from the Abdali Sultan. About frds
0 f G ie/S e salt pits have passed into the hands of Messrs. Cowasjee Binshaw &
Brothers and Menahim Messa ; a proposal has dieen submitted to Govern
ment to place all producers of salt in Aden on the same footing. The cigarette
industry is carried on on a fairly large scale by foreign Jews and Greeks with
tobacco imported from Egypt. Other industries like house building, mat
making, oil-pressing and boat-building exist but on a small scale.
9 . No public works of importance were carried out during the year.
The Assistant Commanding Royal Engineer, who is
Public Works. both the Executive and Superintending Engineer of
this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , spent Rs. 19,001 on Provincial major works, Rs. 18,944 on
Provincial minor works, Rs. 3,878 on Imperial major and Rs. 15,826 on
Imperial minor works.
10. Appendix XXV shows the number of registered and insured articles,
ordinary and value-’payable parcels posted and issued.
Post Offices. Inland money orders to the value of Rs. 6,18,984
were issued and fetched Rs. 5,560 as commission. The number of foreign
orders and British Postal Orders issued were to the exteut of Rs. 6,64,063 and
Rs. 1,07,727 respectively. Rs. 1,51,419 were deposited in the Savings Bank
against Rs. 1,67,893 in the previous year. The amount withdrawn was
Rs. 1,09,279 against Rs. 88,896 in 1908-09.
11. During the year there was no small-pox or plague or other epidemic
and consequently the general health of the Givi
Generai condition of the population in tlie Settlement was very good, the
economic condition of the people was. satisfactory.
Aden being a fortress, indigents and vagrants are excluded, being deporte
to their own countries after careful inquiries into their circumstances.
CHAPTER VI.
Revenue and Finance.
1. A statement showing the receipts and disbursements at ^ Y ? T < ?^ ei
r> . , ment Treasury is attached (Appendix XXI 1. It
Receipts and payments. will be geen the receipts totalled Rs. 65,04,106
and payments Rs. 66,14,042, the closing balance being Rs. 3,86,409.
2. A statement showing the receipts, charges and balances of
T Funds at Aden is also attached (Appendix XXIIW
. L ° cal F ™ ds - Remarks regarding most of these have been made
m their appropriate places.
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