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The record is made up of 1 item (9 folios). It was created in 26 Aug 1846. 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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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 96 of 1846, dated 26 August 1846. The enclosures are dated 12-15 August 1846.
The papers relate to the progress made up to 29 July 1846 on the principal works of defence in the course of construction at Aden. They comprise: a letter from the Military Board to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, forwarding memoranda (ff 59-63) from Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer at Aden, and his two assistants, on the current state of the works; and a letter from the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, transmitting a copy of the Military Board’s letter to the Secretary to the Government of India.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 56-64
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- Aden Affairs
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- 56r:64v
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