Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction'

Content

Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.

Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:

• A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375)
• Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139).

Extent and format

1 file (374 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 375; 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.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3328

Former external reference(s)

Coll 25/23

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

British LegationHome OfficeForeign OfficeDominions OfficeBritish Embassy, RomeIndian Political Service, External Affairs Department

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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3328, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/mirador/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00036e> [accessed 7 April 2025]

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