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Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set' [223r] (445/911)
The record is made up of 1 file (456 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 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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Minute Paper
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Please see the draft telegram to the Government
of India and the draft letter to the Colonial Office at
P.Z.4502/36 which were submitted to, and approved by,
Committee and Council subject "to any minor amendments
which the other DepartmentsVw i sh to incorporate".
Since this a meeting has been held,which was
attended by Sir Bernard Reilly, Mr. Graham Wallis of Perim
Coal Company and representatives of the Colonial Office
and
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.
, to discuss various aspects of this
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question. The main facts which emerged from this meeting
were -
(1) that Asiatic Petroleum Company had definitely
decided to vacate the Island;
(2) that Perim Coal Company will conclude its business
on August 15th and therefore desire to hand over
all essential Services, administrative, medical,
communications and water supply, to Government as
soon as possible after that date.
It is therefore all the more urgent to send the
proposed instructions tothe Government of India, and, in
particular, it is desirable to stress the urgency of the
question and to discover when Government will be in a
position to take over the administration of the Island from
4424 5000 1/36
the Perim Coal Company. The draft telegram to the
Government of India has been re-cast accordingly, but the
basis of the telegram remains the same, i.e. that
alternative 1 of the Chief Commissioner’s proposals of 16th
November will be put into force. Sanction for the issue
of the telegram is requested, ** /Vc J" .
The draft letter to the Colonial Office put
forward at P.Z.45C2 remains unaffected by the recent
discussion, and it is submitted that it may issue
simultaneously with the telegrain,
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The file contains papers regarding the operation of certain businesses on Perim, negotiations for their withdrawal from the island, and arrangements for the Government of India to assume responsibility for maintaining essential services previously provided by the companies.
The papers primarily concern the position of the Perim Coal Company - a subsidiary of Lambert Brothers Ltd. - and consist of correspondence regarding: the lease held by the company (copy at ff 445-54); their financial circumstances, and reasons for ceasing operations on Perim; arrangements for early termination of the lease through a deed of surrender (copy at ff 123-25); and the proposed sale of a water condensing plant and accessories to the Government of India.
Throughout their period of operation on the island the company provided certain essential services: a company employee acted as Government Agent on the island, and they also provided sanitation and medical services; the supply of water, ice and electricity; and oversaw the lighting and buoying of the harbour. Arrangements for the assumption of these duties by the Government of India and Aden authorities are also discussed in the correspondence.
The correspondence also concerns other businesses operating on Perim, namely the Asiatic Petroleum Company, the Lloyd's signal station, the Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd., and the Eastern Telegraph Company (owned by Cable and Wireless PLC). The file contains correspondence with Cable and Wireless and minutes of the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee, regarding: the temporary provision of telegraph services until an alternative wireless set is provided for the island; and the continued maintenance of the company's cable tank depot, used for cable repair operations throughout the region.
A map of the island, showing the location of buildings leased by the companies, can be found at folio 446.
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 (folios 1-2).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (456 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 456; 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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- Title
- Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 56r:59v, 63r:77v, 79r:93v, 95r:97v, 100r:105v, 107r:108v, 110r:127v, 130r:147v, 150r:150v, 155r:156v, 159r:180v, 183r:200v, 204r:226v, 232r:255v, 257r:258v, 263r:268v, 270r:290v, 295r:295v, 298r:344v, 346r:346v, 349r:357v, 360r:384v, 389r:393v, 400r:430v, 432r:438v, 444v:445v, 447r:454v, 447r:447v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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