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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [450v] (909/968)
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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(19366-60) Wt. 1141—379 1000 P. St, G. 335
18
RECORDS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
ON INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
20° Novembris, 1933.] Memorandum by the [Continued
Secretary of State for India.
Additional assurance.
13. His Majesty’s Government are also prepared to give a specific
additional assurance that in the event of transfer Indian British subjects
would be allowed to enter the Protectorate under precisely the same con
ditions as any other British subjects.
APPENDIX.
Statement in answer to a question by Mr. David Grenfell in the House
of Commons, Dated 19th June, 1933.
Sir S. Hoare : His Majesty’s Government have recently received repre
sentations from different communities among the inhabitants of Aden as
well as from certain quarters in India, expressing their various views in
regard to the transfer of the administration of Aden from the control of the
Government of India to His Majesty’s Government. The matter is one
which is now receiving the consideration of His Majesty’s Government and
of the Government of India in connection with the impending constitutional
changes. Full opportunity will be given for discussion in the Indian legis
lative Chambers at their next session and for all the interests concerned to
state their views. Meanwhile, His Majesty’s Government think that it
would be convenient that the considerations which suggest the desirability
of a transfer of the administration and the conditions that would be entailed
by such a transfer should be made known so that the problem can be
discussed with a full knowledge of the facts.
The reasons which suggest that Aden shomld not remain linked with
India under the new constitution are, that it is an area geographically
remote from India; that it would not naturally fit into the new federation;
that it is already to some extent under Imperial control, and that it is
inseparable in practice from the Aden Protectorate, which has already passed
wholly out of Indian control. If it should be decided that the adminis
tration of Aden should he separated from that of India, His Majesty’s
Government contemplate that the following conditions would be estab
lished : —
(1) India would be relieved of the annual contriblution of approxi
mately £150,000 sterling, or Rs. 20
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, at present payable towards the
military and political administration.
(2) The right of appeal in judicial cases to the Bombay High Court
would be maintained.
(3) His Majesty’s Government would maintain the existing policy of
making Aden a free port unless some radical change in the present
economic situation should take place. From their own point of view
the abandonment of this policy would clearly in existing economic con
ditions be financially unsound, since the prosperity of Aden depends
largely on its transit trade. _ _ A
(4) His Majesty’s Government womld do their utmost to maintain the
present standard of administration and would not impose any additional
taxation unless such a course became, in their opinion, absolutely
necessary. .2
(5) A proportion of Indian service administrative personnel would be
retained in Aden service for some years after transfer took place.
(6) No racial legislation or segregation would be permitted by His
Majesty’s Government.
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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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- Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform
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