"ملف ١١/٢ يوميّات وتقارير: سلسلة الجزيرة العربية" [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٢٢٢/١٥٩)

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My Lords note that savings are available on the Colonial and Middle
Eastern Services Vote from which this payment can be met, and that one-
third of the amount will be recovered from the Government of India under
the usual arrangements.
Enclosure 2 to Serial No. (105).
Letter from the Colonial Office, to the Resident at Aden, No. 136,
DATED THE 23RD NOVEMBER 1934.
I have the honour to refer to your despatch No. 91 of the 4th of April
| Serial No. (105)], regarding the arrears of stipend claimed by the Sultan
of Shehr and Mukalla, and to inform you that this matter has been further
considered in consultation with the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
2. The legal position under the Treaty of 1882 has been examined, and
I am advised that as the Treaty provides for a personal payment to the
Sultan or other person in possession of the territory in question, in consi
deration of his personal fulfilment of the obligations imposed on him by
Articles 1 and 3 the Sultan could reasonably claim arrears of stipend which
accrued during his own reign; but not arrears which his predecessor had
^ waived or been unable to secure.
3. In these circumstances the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
aoree that the Sultan should be paid the arrears of stipend which have
accrued since his accession in June 1922 amounting to approximately £675,
but they are unable to sanction payment of arrears prior to that date. I
am accordingly to convey to you my sanction for the issue to the Sultan of
the arrears of the stipend from the date of his assumption of Chieftainship
n June 1922.
4 . In order to prevent any accumulation of arrears of stipends in future,
I consider that all stipends should be paid automatically each year without
awaiting applications from the stipendiary chiefs. By this method the
strict obligations of Government to the Chiefs will be discharged and the
accumulation of arrears will be prevented. Unless you see any objection
I have /to request that you will arrange for this procedure to be adopted
in future.
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{Received on 23rd December 1934, with Political Secretary's letter No. '49,
dated 6th December 1934.)
Letter from the India Office, to the Comptroller General, Depart
ment of Overseas Trade, No. P. Z.-7171/34, dated the 28th
November 1934. >
In reply to your letter of the 20th November, No. 149481/1934, I am
directed /to say that the Settlement of Aden, including the Island of Perim,
has now'ceased to form part of the Presidency of Bombay and has been
constituted a separate province administered by a Chief Commissioner, under
the Government of India, known as the Province of Aden The Set/tlement
of \den, including the Island of Perim, remains, as before, part of British
India and the Government of India are responsible for its administration.
Responsibility for military and political affairs in Aden rests, however,
with His Majesty’s Government.
2 A copy of this letter is being sent to the Colonial Office.