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Coll 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians' [117v] (234/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (160 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1934-29 Nov 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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Indian Emigration. [ act vii
6
CHAPTER IV
Revocation
prohibition.
Powers of
Governor
General in
Council to
prohibit
emigration to
specified
country.
Saving.
sub-section (1) exists in any country to which emigra
tion for the purpose of unskilled work is lawful” it
may, by notification in the local official Gazette,
declare that emigration to that country for the purpose
of unskilled work from any port in the territories
administered by it shall cease to be lawful pending a
reference to the Governor General in Council.
(5) The Local Government publishing a notifica
tion under sub-section (2) shall forthwith report such
notification with the reasons for it to the Governor
General in Council, who shall thereupon publish a
notification in the Gazette of India confirming or
cancelling the notification published by the Local
Government.
,f 12. here the Governor General in Council is
satisfied that the ground on which a notification under
sub-section (2) of section 11, or a notification under
sub-section (d) of section 11 confirming a notification
of a Local Government has been made with respect
to any country, has ceased to exist, he may, by
notification in the Gazette of India, declare that
emigration to that country for the purpose of unskill
ed work shall again be lawful from a date to be
specified in the notification.
13- (i) The Governor General in Council may,
by notification in the Gazette of India, prohibit, from
a date, and for reasons, to be specified in the notifica
tion, all persons or any specified class of persons from
emigrating to any specified country from the
territories under the administration of any Local
Government or any specified part thereof, for the
purpose of unskilled work.
(2) Every notification issued under this section
shall be laid before both Chambers of the Indian
Legislature as soon as may be after it is made.
14- A notification under section 10, section 11,
section 12 or section 13 shall not affect any act done,
offence committed, or legal proceedings commenced
before the date on which such notification takes
effect.
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The file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of labour from the Aden Settlement, the Aden Protectorate, and Yemen, for service in Italian Somaliland.
Following requests from the Italian Consul at Aden for an increased number of labourers to work in Italian Somaliland and Eritrea, 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 Foreign Office and the Aden Chief Commissioner consider the options available to prevent the recruitment of British Subjects or Protected Persons for either the Italian or Ethiopian forces. Following communications with the King of Yemen it is agreed that Yemeni subjects should also be prevented from travelling from Aden ports for that purpose.
The file also contains telegraphic correspondence with the Government of India, the Governor-General of Sudan, and British diplomatic staff in British Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Italy, requesting that efforts should be made to prevent recruitment from those locations. The likelihood of war between Italy and Ethiopia is discussed throughout the correspondence.
A large part of the correspondence concerns the legality of preventing emigration from Aden ports, and involves discussion of the Indian Emigration Act (1922), and the drafting of the Aden (Protection of Emigrants) Regulation (1935), the published version of which appears at ff 5-13. The Act prohibited emigration from Aden without obtaining a permit.
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 (160 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 160; 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 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:80v, 82r:82v, 84r:95v, 97r:159v, 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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