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Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set' [148r] (295/911)
The record is made up of 1 file (456 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 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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INC^X&D Number
THE MANAGING DIRECTORS
THIS LETTER BEING qUOTEO
Number
Sir,
I have to refer to the interview accorded this morning
to representatives of iqy Company at which the position caused
by the evacuation of the Perim Coal Company from perim Island
was discussed*
Island renders necessary the closing down of our Perim Telegraph
Office and consideration of the question of continuing our Cable
desires to point out that, in the event of our Cable Tanks being
given up, the efficiency of the cable service will be somewhat
impaired, as, it would be necessary for our cable vessels to
proceed either to Suez or Mombasa for the purpose of
replenishing their stocks of cable, and my Company desires to be
informed of the views of His Majesty's Government in regard to
the consequent delay in the repair of cables which fonw an
important link in the Company's system of Empire Conmunications
and may therefore be regarded as of strategic importance
particularly in times of national emergency.
the interview that Government plans for administering the Island
would include the provision of water, food and medical
attendance and the elementary needs of the inhabitants, and it was
understood that 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.
might be disposed to extend
The withdrawal of all coumercial interests from the
Tank depot there
In this latter connection my Company
The representatives of ny Company were informed during
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The file contains papers regarding the operation of certain businesses on Perim, negotiations for their withdrawal from the island, and arrangements for the Government of India to assume responsibility for maintaining essential services previously provided by the companies.
The papers primarily concern the position of the Perim Coal Company - a subsidiary of Lambert Brothers Ltd. - and consist of correspondence regarding: the lease held by the company (copy at ff 445-54); their financial circumstances, and reasons for ceasing operations on Perim; arrangements for early termination of the lease through a deed of surrender (copy at ff 123-25); and the proposed sale of a water condensing plant and accessories to the Government of India.
Throughout their period of operation on the island the company provided certain essential services: a company employee acted as Government Agent on the island, and they also provided sanitation and medical services; the supply of water, ice and electricity; and oversaw the lighting and buoying of the harbour. Arrangements for the assumption of these duties by the Government of India and Aden authorities are also discussed in the correspondence.
The correspondence also concerns other businesses operating on Perim, namely the Asiatic Petroleum Company, the Lloyd's signal station, the Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd., and the Eastern Telegraph Company (owned by Cable and Wireless PLC). The file contains correspondence with Cable and Wireless and minutes of the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee, regarding: the temporary provision of telegraph services until an alternative wireless set is provided for the island; and the continued maintenance of the company's cable tank depot, used for cable repair operations throughout the region.
A map of the island, showing the location of buildings leased by the companies, can be found at folio 446.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 1-2).
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- 1 file (456 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 456; 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.
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- Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set'
- Pages
- 148r:149v
- Author
- Wilshaw, Sir Edward
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