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Coll 1/26 'Disposal of rolling stock and material of the former Aden railway' [12r] (23/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (57 folios). It was created in 23 Aug 1932-6 Jul 1935. 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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PART 3 —cont.
—Sec. XY
Great War Casualty Awards -cont.
lla 7 e a J rea dy been repaid by the other Government or are repaid under the terms of
subsection (6) of this section, each Government shall bear the entire liability for the
charge for any issues it may have made before the date of this Agreement or may
jA^ke after such date in respect of such awards.
(4) After the dale of this Agreement, no transfer of administration of Great
ar casualty awards to or in respect of personnel of the classes enumerated in
su bsection (L) of this section shall be made from one Government to the other except
as provided in subsections (2) (6) (ii) (/3) and (6) of this section, and all such ’awards
s lall remain to the end of the period for which they are granted in the administration
ot the Government that sanctioned them, and such Government shall be wholly liable
ior any resulting charge. J
n J^ ter ^ ie this Agreement, any variation, renewal or restoration of a
areat W ar casualty award m any of the cases referred to in subsection (1) of this
section shall be a matter entirely for the Government administering the case
immediately before the question of making the variation, renewal or restoration
arose or that was administering it immediately before the award ceased whether
the date of the cessation was before or after the date of this Agreement, and such
Gov eminent shall be wholly liable for any resulting charge. For the purpose of this
rule, any case in which the issues by one Government before the date of this
Agreement have been repaid by the other Government shall be held to have been
in the administration of the latter Government.
(G) 1 he administration and the incidence of cost of first grants of Great War
casualty awards, made on claims preferred whether for the first time or not, after
<A)th dune and before the date of this Agreement, by personnel of the classes
enumerated m subsection (]) of this section may in cases in which the said
administration and incidence of cost have not been dealt with in the same way as
that provided m the rules in subsection (2) of this section for cases of the same kind
arising after the date of tins Agreement be so adjusted as to be in conformity with
those mles. provided (a) that the claim by the one Government ao-ainst the other to
reimbursement of issues already made and to transfer of administration is preferred
officially not later than four weeks after the date of this Agreement and (b) that the
Government against which the claim to adjustment is made has not itself
independently sanctioned a Great War casualty award in the case in conformity with
tiW lines in subsection (l) of this section and made issues m respect thereof.
Retention of
Administra
tion.
Variations,
reneivals, or
restorations
after the date
of this Agree
ment.
First grants
made on claims
preferred after
30 June 1928
and before the
date of this
Agreement.
PART 4.
Former War Casualty Awards.
c laim shall be preferred by either Government against the other in incidence of
respect ot nnv expendituie incurred, or to be incurred, in the grant of an increased p 05 *
rat 0 of non-effective pay under, or in accordance with, the Royal Warrants of 17th LwafdTic.
Apn] 1918 O'd. 9041), 12th September 1918 (Cd. 9165), 19th December 191!)
(Cmd. ddo), oi 1st November 1920 (Cmd. 1034), or any amending Warrant, to officers
or other ranks disabled in consequence of wars previous to the Great War, or to the
dependants of officers or other ranks whose deaths were due to such wars; or in
respect of any increase of non-effective pay that might otherwise have been granted
in these cases by the War Office or Chelsea Hospital or the Government of India.
(2) No claim shall be preferred against the Government of India in respect of
any expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, in the grant of an increased rate of non-
effective pay to any of the officers or other ranks or their dependants referred to in
subsection (1) of this section under Royal Warrants framed in accordance with the
Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, or any amendment thereof.
(3) No claim shall be preferred against, or credit given to, the Government of
India in respect of any first^ grants, variations, renewals or restorations by the
Ministry of Pensions, of awards of non-effective pav to any of the officers or other
ranks or their dependants referred to in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) If an officer is in receipt of a wound pension in respect of a former war, plus
service retired pay, and if the appropriate rate of service retired pay on being revised
under Article 2 (a) of the Pay Warrant, 192G, or the corresponding provisions of
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The file contains correspondence between the Government of India Railway Department (Railway Board), the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Air Ministry, and 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, regarding the sale of rolling stock and track from the Sheikh Othman-El Hudad section of the Aden railway.
Following an enquiry into the purchase of remaining track and rolling stock, the Aden Chief Commissioner informs the Secretary of State for India that the rolling stock and material were sold by the Railway Board to Messrs George Cohen and Son, Company Limited. The cost of dismantling and disposal of the track resulted in a loss, and the majority of the correspondence concerns the apportionment of the loss between the Government of India and Her Majesty's Government.
The correspondence ends with the Secretary of State for India concluding that a claim cannot be preferred against the Government, due to the Agreement between the Secretary of State for India in Council and the Secretary of State for War (Acting also for the Minister of Pensions) for the Final Settlement of Charges arising out of the Great War and of Certain other Expenditure (1931), known as 'Memorandum C', a copy of which is included at folios 7-22.
The file also contains correspondence with F B Blackie, who makes an offer to purchase light railway track from Aden. He is informed that the track has been sold, and is invited to purchase materials from the Burma Railway, consisting of approximately 5000 tons of 41 quarter-pound rails.
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 (folio 1).
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- 1 file (57 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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 1/26 'Disposal of rolling stock and material of the former Aden railway'
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- front, front-i, 2r:41v, 43r:47v, 49r:53v, 56r:56v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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