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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' [448v] (896/911)
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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At the expiration or sooner determination of the said term to
deliver up the said piece of land and such of the buildings and
erections which may be then standing thereon and such of the
landing places as the Company shall not be entitled to remove or
which the Lessor shall have elected to purchase under the
provisos hereinafter contained in such repair state and condition
as the same ought to be under the covenant hereinbefore contained
To insure and keep insured against loss or damage by fire the
said buildings and erections now standing upon the said land and
all other buildings and erections which during the said term may
be erected upon the land hereby demised in a sum equal to the
full value thereof (exclusive of the foundations) in the joint
names of the Company and the Lessor in some office in London or
Bombay to be from time to time approved by or on behalf of the
Lessor and whenever required by the Lessor to produce the policy
or policies of insurance and the receipts for premiums and in
case any buildings or erections spr any part thereof shall be
destroyed or damaged by fire to expend with all convenient speed
all monies received in respect of such insurance in rebuilding
repairing or reinstating the same in a good and substantial
manner, — —
Not to assign or underlet or part with the possession of the
demised premises or any part thereof without the previous consent
in writing of the Lessor or of the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
on his
behalf and not under any circumstances whatsoever to assign
underlet or part with possession or to attempt to assign underlet
or part with possession of the demised premises or any part
thereof to any person or persons who are not British subjects or
to any Company or Association which is not registered or incor
porated in the United Kingdom or in any British possession.
Not to erect or construct or to make any alterations in or
additions to any buildings erections or landing places without
the previous sanction in writing of the Lessor or of the Politics
Resident Aden on his behalf. :
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1497
- 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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