ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٣ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: الوضع؛ انسحاب الوكيل السياسي من الضالع؛ معاهدات مع زعماء قبائل الحواشب والقُتيبي والعلوي" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٠] (٥٠٨/٣٧٥)

* a . bo 7® leYies should be open to inspection by the Political
Agent, 1) thala, m the same manner as the levies maintained for a like purpose
oy the Amir. I may add that I have ascertained without making any definite
promises that the Chiefs concerned are ready to co-operate to the extent
,1 8 * * n( ? e m P ara S ra pb 3 of your letter under reply you propose that
tne cost of such levies as may he required should he met from the grant for
JJarbar presents. This would perhaps hardly he a convenient way of meeting
the cost of increased stipends now proposed, hut I would suggest that if it he
thought necessary, the grant for Darbar presents he reduced and the grant for
stipends he increased by the amount of extra expenditure now proposed, viz.,
Ks. 1,800 per annum.
P. D. Letter N0.TI8-P,, dated the 22nd June 1906.
Prom—The Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay,
To—Major-General E. DeBrath, c.b., c.i.e., Officiating Political Resident, Aden.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your letter No. 3419,
dated the 9th June 1906, communicating your views relative to proposals made
to Government regarding the future of the Aden Troop and the employment of
tribal levies for safeguarding the trade routes of Aden, I am directed to state
that His Excellency thinks that the matter cannot be usefully discussed at
present.