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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [16r] (36/968)
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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(9)_ Sections 6, 7, 8, 36, 37 and 38 of the Aden Civil and
Criminal Justice Regulation, 1933, shall cease to have effect.
21. No subject of His Majesty shall on grounds only of religion,
place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them be ineligible for
office under the Crown in the Colony, or be prohibited on any
such ground from entering the Colony or from acquiring, holding
or disposing of property or carrying on any occupation, trade,
1-> ^iness or profession in the Colony.
22. The Governor, in His Majesty’s name and on His Majesty’s
behalf, may make and execute, under the Public Seal, grants and
dispositions of any lands within the Colony which may be lawfully
granted or disposed of by His Majesty :
Provided that every such grant or disposition shall be made in
conformity either with some
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
or law or regulation
in force in the Colony or with some Instructions addressed to the
Governor under His Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet, or through
the Secretary ol State.
23. The Governor may constitute and appoint all such Judges
and other necessary officers as may be lawfully constituted or
appointed by His Majesty, all of whom, unless otherwise provided
by law, shall hold their offices during His Majesty’s pleasure.
24. The Governor may, subject.to the provisions of any law for
the time being in force in the Colony and to such Instructions as
may from time to time be given to him by His Majesty through
the Secretary of State upon sufficient cause to him appearing,
dismiss or suspend from the exercise of his office any person
holding any public office within the Colony, or, subject as afore
said, may take such other disciplinary action as may seem to him
desirable.
25. When any offence has been committed for which the
offender may be tried within the Colony, the Governor may, as
he shall see occasion, in His Majesty’s name and on His Majesty’s
behalf, grant a pardon to any accomplice in such offence who shall
give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the
principal offender or of any one of such offenders if more than
one ; and further, may grant to any offender convicted in any
Court within the Colony, a pardon, either free or subject to lawful
conditions, or any remission of the sentence passed on such
offender, or any respite of the execution of such sentence, for such
period as the Governor thinks fit, and may remit any penalties or
forfeitures due to His Majesty. 26
26. All Plis Majesty’s officers, civil and military, and all other
inhabitants of the Colony are hereby required and commanded
to be obedient, aiding and assisting unto the Governor and to such
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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
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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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