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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' [118v] (236/320)
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 YII
8
Applications
how to be
disposed of.
Appearance of
engaged
persons before,
and registra
tion of names
by, Protector
of Emigrants.
Provisions as
to security.
such agreement anti for the proper treat
ment of the person to he engaged and his
dependents.
17. On receiving an application under section 16,
the Loca] Government may, after such inquiry as it
may deem necessary, grant the permission applied for
on such terms and conditions (if any) and on payment
of such fees (if any) as it thinks fit, or withhold such
permission, and the decision of the Local Government
shall be final.
18- (1) Before any person departs from British
India in accordance with permission granted under
section 17, the person by whom he has been engaged
or assisted shall appear in person or by his duly
authorised agent before the Protector of Emigrants
at the port of embarkation with such first-mentioned
person and with any persons intending to accompany
him as his dependents.
(3) If it appears to the Protector of Emigrants—
(a) that permission to engage or assist such person
has been duly obtained,
(&) in the case of an engagement, that the terms
of the agreement under which such person
has been engaged are in accordance with
the terms of the permission granted and
are understood hy him, and
(c) that the conditions on which the permission
was granted have been complied with,
he shall register in a book to be kept for the purpose
such particulars concerning the person engaged or
assisted and his dependents (if any) and concerning
the person engaging or assisting him, and in such
form, as the Local Government may prescribe.
19. Where such security as is referred to in sub
section (3) of section 16 has been furnished, the Local
Government may, at any time after making such
inquiry as it may deem necessary, pass orders in regard
to the forfeiture* of the security in whole or in part
and the application of the same or any part thereof,
and, on the expiry of the period to which the agree
ment
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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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