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Coll 1/39 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: treasury and financial arrangements' [17r] (33/48)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1933-6 May 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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Point Treasury and Finance . I understand that
it is the practice in most Colonies for the budget to he
brought forward annually by a Chief or Colonial Secretary.
This appointment does not exist in Aden at present, and will
not exist unless the Administration is reorganised on a
Colonial model. I have therefore proposed the appointment
of a Treasurer, and I understand that this suggestion was
accepted at the 1933 meeting. At that meeting Mr. Cowell
said that he would enquire of the Personnel Division of the
Colonial Office as to the probable rate of pay it would, be
necessary to offer. If the transfer of Aden is to take
place in the early part of next year, I consider that the
selection of a Treasurer should be made as soon as possible,
to enable him to take up his duties immediately on Aden
becoming a Colony. I further suggest that the officer
selected be sent to Aden on special duty some months prior
to the transfer to study the financial position of the new
Colony and to assist in the preparation of its first budget.
With regard to the latter I shall make some further remarks
later in this note.
charge of the Income Tax and Salt and Excise Departments as
well as of the Treasury. This would place him in control of
all the Goverrment Revenue and Expenditure Departments of the
I have suggested that the Treasurer should be in
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The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (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. , the Colonial Office, and the Government of India Finance Department, regarding financial and treasury arrangements in the event of the transfer of Aden to the Colonial Office.
The correspondence concerns Reilly's suggestion that a Treasury Officer be appointed at Aden, to oversee the budget and the Salt, Excise and Income-tax departments. Correspondence dated from 1937 concerns the return of the Reserve Currency Chest to the Government of India. It is agreed that the funds may be retained by Aden to meet the requirements of the Royal Air Force.
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- 1 file (24 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; 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 1/39 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: treasury and financial arrangements'
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- front, front-i, 2r:23v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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