Administration Report of the Settlement of Aden for the year 1878-79 [‎174r] (31/32)

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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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