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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [13v] (31/968)
The record is made up of 1 volume (480 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 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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2
“iix s"’»«s.g “»
thereof; of the Supreme Court of the
“Judge” means a Judge or rno
Colony ; T rhyotte of the Colony.
“ the Gazette means the gazette 01
ta£n o^tlSorfer as U appHes^for^e iJ^ettionhf In It
of Parliament.
provisions of this Order shall have effect.
A The Territory referred to in the Government of India Act,
Jh the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Aden shall be
known as the Colony of Aden.
C Th gkall be a Governor and Commamler-in-Chief (bere-
inafter called “the Governor”) in and over the Colony, and
appointments to the said office shall be made by Conmnea™
under His Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet.
6 The Governor is hereby empowered and commanded to do
all things that belong to his said office m accordance with such
Pom mission as may be issued to him under His Majesty s Sign
Manual and Signet, such Instructions as may from time to time be
addressed to him under His Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet or
through the Secretary of State, and such
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
and
other Taws as may from time to time be m force m the Colony.
7. Every person appointed to fill the office of Governor shall,
with all due solemnity, before entering on any of the duties of his
office cause the Commission appointing him to be Governoi to be
read ’ami published at the seat of Government, m the presence of
a Judge if able to attend, and of such Members of the Execntive
Council of the Colony as can conveniently attend, which being
done he shall then and there take before then, the Oath of Allegiance
and the Oath for the due execution of the office of Gov ernor m the
forms set out in the Schedule to this Order, which Oaths a Judge
or if no Judge is present, the Senior Member of the Execntiv
Council of the Colony then present, is hereby required to administer.
g Whenever the office of Governor is vacant, or the
Governor is absent from the Colony or is from any cause
prevented from, or incapable of acting in the duties o n
office then such person or persons as may be appointed under
His Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet, and m ease there shall be
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The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Aden (1937)'.
The volume is predominantly made up of correspondence between 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, the Colonial Office, the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) 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. Legal Advisor's Department, and the Secretary of State for India. The volume also contains numerous heavily-annotated drafts of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the Royal Instructions, plus minutes of meetings held at the Colonial Office, and extracts from the Home Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Final drafts can be found at folios 13-20, in addition to copies of Reilly's inauguration speech (folios 25-28).
The correspondence covers a range of topics, including: Indian and Arab sentiment over the transfer; problems of condominion; the importance of Aden to Britain's imperial aims; representations from the Indian and Aden business communities; the maintenance of representation for Aden subjects at the Bombay High Court; Aden's free port status; questions of income tax and salt duty; the wording of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and Royal Instructions; and a proposal to list the Kuria Muria Islands as a named dependency of Aden, comparable to Shaikh Othman, Imad and Hiswa, and Perim.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (480 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 480; 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. The fold-outs on f 147, f 158 and f 159 are A and B items which are attached to the folios in order to add additional information about the document.
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- Title
- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 70r:77v, 80r:146v, 147ar:147av, 147r:159r, 159av, 159r, 159av, 160r:355v, 357r:366v, 375r:376v, 385r:413v, 415r:423v, 426r:440v, 453r:459v, 462r:479v, back-i
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