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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [243r] (494/968)
The record is made up of 1 volume (480 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937. 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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1« The Governor may, whenever he thinks fit,
require any person in the public service of the Colony
to take the Oath of Allegiance, in the form prescribed
by the above recited
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, together
with such other Oath or Oaths as may from time to time
be prescribed by any laws in force in the Colony.
The Governor is to administer such Oaths, or to cause
them to be administered by some Public Officer of
the Colony, <
actions
observed
Duties,
2. During the temporary absence of the Governor
from the seat of Government or from the Colony these
Instructions * so far as they apply to any matter or
thing to be done, or to any power or authority to be
exercised by a Deputy acting for the Governor, shall be
deemed to be addressed to and shall be observed by such
Deputy,
.es say
ipond
■ with
cretary
te in
■ cases*
5* If in any emergency arising in the Colony
during the temporary absence of the Governor lor a sho.-t-
perlod from the seat of Government or irom ohe Colony
it is necessary that instructions should be obtained
from Us without delay, the Deputy (if any) acling •>-or
the Governor may apply to Us, through one of Our
Principal Secretaries of State, for instructions .J) Gjt '-
matter; but every such Deputy shall forthwith traiiomit
to the Governor a copy of every despatch or communicaw
which he has so addressed to Us.
tution
cutive
1,
4. (1) The Executive Council of the Col en,y shail
eonsist of the officers lawfully discharging the
functions of
who shall be styled ex-officio members, am. - uca
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The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Aden (1937)'.
The volume is predominantly made up of correspondence between the 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. Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) Bernard Reilly, the 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. Legal Advisor's Department, and the Secretary of State for India. The volume also contains numerous heavily-annotated drafts of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the Royal Instructions, plus minutes of meetings held at the Colonial Office, and extracts from the Home Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Final drafts can be found at folios 13-20, in addition to copies of Reilly's inauguration speech (folios 25-28).
The correspondence covers a range of topics, including: Indian and Arab sentiment over the transfer; problems of condominion; the importance of Aden to Britain's imperial aims; representations from the Indian and Aden business communities; the maintenance of representation for Aden subjects at the Bombay High Court; Aden's free port status; questions of income tax and salt duty; the wording of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and Royal Instructions; and a proposal to list the Kuria Muria Islands as a named dependency of Aden, comparable to Shaikh Othman, Imad and Hiswa, and Perim.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (480 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 480; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The fold-outs on f 147, f 158 and f 159 are A and B items which are attached to the folios in order to add additional information about the document.
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- Title
- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 70r:77v, 80r:146v, 147ar:147av, 147r:159r, 159av, 159r, 159av, 160r:355v, 357r:366v, 375r:376v, 385r:413v, 415r:423v, 426r:440v, 453r:459v, 462r:479v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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