'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF ADEN FOR 1892-93'
IOR/V/10/560/1
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The record is made up of 1 item (49 folios). It was created in 1893?. 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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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 1892-93.
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 FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY, AREA, CLIMATE AND CHIEF STAPLES' (f 8)
- 'II.–POLITICAL' (ff 8-16), consisting of: Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of Census; Changes in Administration; Relations with the Representatives of other Powers and with Tributary States and Foreign Affairs
- 'III.–PROTECTION' (ff 16-31), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Jurisdiction; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- 'IV.–PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 31-37), consisting of: Weather; Trade; Public Works; Telegraph; Post Office
- 'V.–REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 37-42), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- 'VI.–VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 42-45), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Medical Relief
- 'VII.–INSTRUCTION' (ff 45-46), consisting of: General Remarks; Education; Literature and Press.
The report includes appendices (ff 46-47) and a 'STATEMENT' (ff 48-51), the latter consisting of reports and statistics on weather, health, and sanitation.
An index listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-6. 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.
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- 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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- 1893? (CE, Gregorian)
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- 'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF ADEN FOR 1892-93'
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- 3r:48r, 49r:51v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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