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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st March 1910' [180v] (16/44)
The record is made up of 1 item (23 folios). It was created in 1910?. 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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Libraries.
2 . There is no public library in Aden. The
want of such an institution is greatly felt.
3 . The horse conveyances in Aden are very unsatisfactory. The horses
are ill-fed and overdriven and the carriages kept i n a
Public Conveyances. ver y r j c ketty condition, in spite of all the attention
paid to them. They have been tolerated so long for want of a better substitute.
Messrs. Cowasji Dinshaw & Bros, have started a regular motor service of 6
cars between Steamer Point and Crater but the results are not encouraging.
A scheme for the construction of a steam tramway between Tawahi and Crater
with a branch to Shaikh Othman is still under consideration and will prove
very remunerative.
4 . The roads in Aden are not good. They are narrow with many steep
gradients. Though there is plenty of rock in Aden,
good stone for metalling purposes is difficult to
Public Roads.
obtain and there is of course no earth. The roads are therefore very gritty
and easily crumble.
5. Shaikh Othman was purchased with the object of settling there the
surplus population of the Peninsula; but owing to its
inaccessibility and its unhealthiness which is due to
Drainage.
its contaminated water-supply and want of a drainage system, it has so far
failed to become a popular settlement. It is now proposed to drain the place
systematically and the work is in progress.
6 . The roads are at present very badly lit with old-fashioned kerosine
lamps. The necessity for an improved system of
lighting is unquestionable. When financial circum-
Lighting.
stances permit the Executive Committee propose dealing with this subject.
Petroleum Godo-ms. Isthmus. The question of the construction of a
consideration as a suitable site is not available.
godown for non-dangerous petroleum is still under
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
J. A. BELL, Brigadier-General,
Political Besident, Aden.
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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 1910.
The report is divided into the following chapters:
- An introductory letter from Brigadier-General James Alexander Bell, Acting 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, to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay, dated Aden 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. , 9 September 1910 (f 174)
- 'CHAPTER II. General and Political' (f 174)
- 'CHAPTER III. Administration of the Land' (f 174)
- 'CHAPTER IV. Protection (ff 174-177)
- 'CHAPTER V. Production and Distribution' (ff 177-178)
- 'CHAPTER VI. Revenue and Finance' (ff 178-179)
- 'CHAPTER VII. Medical' (ff 179-180)
- 'CHAPTER VIII. Education' (f 180)
- 'CHAPTER IX. Miscellaneous' (f 139).
The remainder of the report comprises appendices I-XXV (ff 181-195) that consist mostly of tabulated data and reflect the above chapters in subject matter.
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- 'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st March 1910'
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- 173r:188r, 189r, 190r:195v
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