'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 1920' [‎394v] (4/45)

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are the following The Abdali, the Fadli, the Kaiti, the Amir of Dala and the
Sultan of Kishn and Socotra. The first named possesses great influence in the
Hinterland and continues to render valuable assistance to Government.
CHAPTER III.
Administkation of land.
1. The Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, is not in force in Aden. Until
the year 1909 land was not sold. Sites for buildings and gardens were granted
in perpetuity, and sites for stacking coal and salt, for beaching boats for slips and
workshops, etc., were given on lease for a term of 99 years on payment oi quit-rent
as follows :—
(a) In the Peninsula-
On building sites
On land granted on leases
(b) Sheikh Othman—
On building sites
On garden land
Sites granted for manufacture of salt ..
6 pies per square yard per annum,
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Rs. 6 per acre per annum,
8 annas per ton on the quantity manu
factured and exported.
Hew rules have since been published by Government Notification, Political
Department, No. 584, dated the 23rd August 1911, under which land for building,
agricultural or other purposes is ordinarily to be granted on lease (for a maximum
period of 99 years) but may be disposed of otherwise at the discretion of the Resi
dent. Land on the foreshore of the harbour within the limits of the Port of Aden
can be granted only with the sanction of Government and on such terms as
Government may prescribe in each case.
2. The second revised layout for the leasing of plots on the Tawahi Bay
Buiidin sites Reclamation was sanctioned by Government in 1914
but at the time only one plot in Block D w T as leased
for 99 years at Rs. 10 per square yard capital price and no lease has since
been granted and this lease itself was afterwards cancelled as it interfered with
Professor Geddes’ proposed layout for this area. Government have approved
of the reservation of a portion of the Reclamation for recreation purposes, but
have not yet paid the Aden Port Trust the value of it.
At Sheikh Othman there is plenty of land fit for building but no hopes of its
being occupied on a large scale can be entertained until there is quicker and more
regular means of communication between it and the Peninsula. At present
we have a metre-gauge railway line started in connection with military operations
which extends to Lahej and Khudad, but trains are infrequent.
CHAPTER IY.
Protection.
1. The laws in force in Aden and its dependencies are of the following class-
Legislation. ? s ’ ^ Statutes and Acts of the Governor-General
i n Council or the Governor of Bombay in Council
which m terms extend to the whole of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. without excepting
the scheduled districts generally or Aden with its dependencies specifically.
Statutes and Acts of the Governor-General in Council or of the Govern
or of Bombay in Council specially applicable to or passed for Aden with its depen
dencies.
^ e S u ^ a ^ ons made by the Governor-General in Council under Statute
33 Vic., Chapter 3, section 1, for Aden and its dependencies.
(d) Enactments declared to be in force in, or extended to, Aden and its
dependencies by the Governor-General in Council under Scheduled Districts Act
AiV oi 1876, which has been extended both to Aden and Perim.
2. It is unnecessary to enumerate the laws of class {a).