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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [‎255r] (518/968)

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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nONFlD^NTIAL*.
THK RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ?
Aden.
20 th Msyj) 1936.
Sir
j have the honour to refer to your Confidential
despatch dated 16th April 1936 enclosing copies of drafts
of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. to be issued under Section 28S
of the Government of India Act 1935 and of the Royal
Instructions to be issued tc the Governor of the Colony
of Aden, together with a copy of the Government of India
Act 1935 and of a letter addressed to the Government of
India by 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. ? and instructing me to furnisn
. my observations upon these drafts*
2* The observations which I desire to offer are the
following; '*
Aden Ord er _in_Coi:ncil-1956
Sections 2(1) and 15 refer to the Supreme Court
of the Colony. As an appeal will lie from this Court
to the High Court of Bombay? it is possible that uie
term ”Supreme Court 1 ’ may be open to objcot.?.on 0 I-
I suggest that the term ’’Principal Court” night oc
subs tituted.
Section 5 provides for the appointment oj. e.
Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over t)ie Col cry •
This designation will supersede the present designation
of Chief Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief. yilA - l
also
Ide Right Honourable J.H. Thomas? P*C.> ?Ihit ?
Secretary of State for the Colonxes?
London.

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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)
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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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