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Administration Report of the Settlement of Aden for the year 1878-79 [173r] (29/32)
The record is made up of 1 item (16 folios). It was created in 21 May 1879. 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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IX.—MISCELLANEOUS.
( 6 ).—Ecclesiastical.
155. No changes. A soldiers’ and sailors’ institute at Steamer Point,
erected through the exertions of the chaplain, has been
Chaplaincy. assisted from the funds of the port, and is working
well, being now in a position to pay its own way,— a fact attributed to the
interest taken by the Reverend A. O. Walsh.
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(c).—G eneral Miscellaneous.
156. The receipts on account of sale of vegetables amounted to Rs. 6,611
against Rs. 6,451 the previous year, or an increase of
Lahej Garden. psjg. rpp^ eX p eilc pture was Rs. 3,057 against
Rs. 2,910, showing an increase of Rs. 147. The cause of increase in expenditure
was owing to the enclosure and cultivation of an extra slip of land taken in, re
novation of the vineyard, and entertainment of an Egyptian gardener with passage
from Suez.
The profits are represented by Rs. 3,553, or still an increase over previous
year, when they were Rs. 3,540.
70,421f lbs. of vegetables were sold, against 68,497 lbs. in the previous year.
FRANCIS LOCH,
Brigadier-General and
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.
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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.
,
the 10th May 1879.
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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 1878-79. The report is addressed, in a covering memorandum, by Brigadier-General Francis Loch, 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 the Government, Bombay, 21 May 1879. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai].
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 AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (f 163), consisting of: (a) Physical Features of the Country, Area, and Climate
- ‘II. – POLITICAL’ (ff 163-164), consisting of: (a) Historical Summary; (b) Form of Administration; (f) Changes in Administration; (g) Relations with Tributary States and Foreign Affairs
- ‘III. – PROTECTION’ (ff 164-169), consisting of: (b) Police; (c) Criminal Justice; (d) Prisons; (e) Civil Justice; (f) Registration; (g) Municipal Administration; (h) Military; (i) Marine
- ‘IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 169-170), consisting of: (b) Weather; (g) Trade; (h) Public Works
- ‘V. – REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 170-171), consisting of: (a) Imperial Revenue and Finance; (b) Revenue and Finance Other than Imperial
- ‘VI. – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 171-172), consisting of: (b) Births and Deaths; (d) Medical Relief; (f) Vaccination
- ‘VII. – INSTRUCTION’ (f 172), consisting of: (a) Education; (b) Literature and Press
- ‘IX. – MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 173), consisting of: (a) Ecclesiastical; (c) General Miscellaneous.
The report includes one appendix relating to political relations (with the ‘native states’ and ‘native chiefs’) (ff 173-174).
Tables indicating the number of square miles of the peninsula of Aden under the control of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , and relating to the civil divisions of Aden and the population is on folio 160. A table of contents listing the Chapter numbers and headings of Part II is on folio 161 (‘chapter’ is not used in the main body of the report). This is followed by a name, place and subject index are on folio 162.
The covering memorandum indicates that a Subsidiary Sanitary Report is also attached, however this is not present in this copy.
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