Aden Affairs: A Difference of Opinion between the Agent at Aden and Captain Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden [‎201v] (8/10)

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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 59 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 3-22 March 1847.

The primary document is a letter from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to a difference of opinion between Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, the Agent at Aden, and Captain J Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden, who refuses to furnish for the inspection of Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood plans of the fortifications of Aden, including the Governor-General’s admonishment of Captain Haines for not dealing with the matter.

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1 item (5 folios)

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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 199. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure.

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