'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st March 1914' [‎273v] (8/46)

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30. One birth was registered, No deaths were registered. One
was registered under Act XV of 1865 and one under Act III of 1872 mar ^ a o 0
31. The Executive Committee of tho at
S ettlement performs all the duties which i-
ulG ipahti e s
Municipal administration.
perform in India.
Their proceedings are regulated by the Aden Settlement Remilatio Vi
of 1600, and rules framed thereunder, and are subject to the control f ^
Resident. The income and the expenditure of the Settlement Fund ,
to Rs. 3,53,691 and Rs. 3,35,784, as compared with Rs. 4 18 949 UUte ^
Rs. 3,19,069, respectively, in the preceding year, leaving a’ smnln**
Rs. 1,96,066 on the 31st March 1914. 8 Urpius
32. Of the Public Works carried out during the year few call for rerm 1
but it may be noted that more sweeper passages were made at a e ft
Rs. 3,102 and a sum of Rs. 5,563, was spent in providing drains' and cem °f
concrete flooring to certain other passages. neil<;
33. Fourteen additional quarters for the Police Force at Tawoin
constructed at a cost of Rs. 12,916. Were
84. The expenditure incurred on the Sheikh Othman drainage works
Rs. 6,131 during the year under report. ° 8
35. The contagious diseases ward for wmmen attached to the Civil
Hospital, Aden, is now maintained by the Aden Settlement under the manao-P
ment of the Cm Surgeon, Aden, with a view to cheek the spread of venereal
disease, among the troops and the Civil population. It takes the place of the
Hospital formerly known as the Lock Hospital which was maintained by the
Cantonment Fund, supported by the annual contribution of Rs. 800, from the
Settlement Fund and closed by the order of the Government of India ( Armv
Department) rn April 1912, As its maintenance has devolved on the
Set lement Fund the contribution to the Cantonment Fund was accordingly
discontinued from that date.
pomidptprWi? const ™ c f i(m of road outside the Barrier Gate has been
completed, the cost dunng the year amounting to Rs. 2,350. The total cost
Canton^rp 8 ^ ° f wh . ioh ^ 1 ’ 000 were conlributed by the
is now rli n ? * • from an(1 Cantonment limits in the Crater
is now disposed of in pits outside the Rarrier Gate.
37. During the past year 4,266 seamen were engaged and discharged. Two
Marine. seamen s money orders were issued and 35 European
and d /T i i ^ ls ^ ress<3( i sea men were sent to the United Kingdom
and 4 native digressed seamen were sent to India.
supplied ^ ^ protests were noted and one certified copy was
Rs. ZwitgaCt R^l.seotn 1912“l3 ° redited t0 GOTeriiment amounted to
he financial condition of the Aden Fort Trust continued to be
Aden Port Trust. satisfactory. During the year the receipts were
closing balance being R S . 4,34,37a 73 m01 ' e tha “ “ the P reTious ^ T ’ tbe
Es - 6 ’ 56 ’ 62,230
vessels that "entered 00untr y craft an(1 exclusive of Government
3.968,139, as compared wi bt 900 Wa t l ^ wUh an a ^ ate ‘“^i °
year. Fortv-eie-ht nilo-M w Mh a tonnage of 3,725,180 during the last
the Haj against” 49 mA/l2-l3 PS entered the harbour on their way to and from
harbour bottom ha e d r a 9 s P sumed f i he t G | 1 } ief E ”S ineer of the ^rt Trust that the
annual Harbour Survey should be discontinued. 4110 TrUSteeS KSOlVed *