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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Colonial administration Name Chief Commissioner, Aden, 1932-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/12/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/206
Title:
PZ 5179/36 'Aden: proposed memorial to Captain S. B. Haines, R.I.N.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the erection of a proposed memorial in Aden to Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, in the run-up to the hundredth anniversary of the British occupation of Aden. The discussion in the volume contains pri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1936-2 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1444
Title:
Coll 1/2 'Administrative policy: arrangements for achievement of Imperial purposes at Aden; transfer of administration to Government of India (from Government of Bombay)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, and the institution of Aden as a Chief Commissionership. The following subjects are discussed: the position of Aden in regard to Britain's imperial purposes; the history of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Gujarati
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-23 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (436 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1459
Title:
Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (551 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1463
Title:
Coll 1/27 'Administration of justice in Aden: regulation to replace Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act of 1864 and certain amending acts; emoluments of District and Sessions Judges'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding: the issue of a regulation to replace the Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act (1864) and subsequent related amendments; the proposed delegation to the Chief Commissioner of powers under Section 86 (4) Part IV of the Civil Procedure Code; and the change of the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1933-2 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1473
Title:
Coll 1/37 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: local bodies; Aden Port Trust and Settlement'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the Colonial Office and the India Office Political Department. It is agreed that, following the transfer of Aden from the Government of India, the Aden Port Trust and Aden Settlement should remain as separate b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-3 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1482
Title:
Coll 1/46 'Aden. Transfer of control to HMG: certain points raised by Col Reilly for consideration in the event of separation from Government of India'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding plans for the transfer of the civil administration of Aden to the Colonial Office. The material dated 1933 comprises correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly) and the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite) regarding points to be addre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1933-30 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1483
Title:
Coll 1/47 'Aden. Col Reilly's deputation to Sana'a: incidence of cost of emoluments of officers affected'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the mission to Sana'a made by the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner) to conduct treaty negotiations with the Imam of Yemen. The correspondence primarily concerns the pay and benefits for staff assuming temporary positions during the mission: Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1933-22 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1485
Title:
Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
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 (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Ade...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (480 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1495

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1495
Title:
Coll 1/57 'Aden. Jurisdiction over the territorial waters of Arab States of the Aden Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the question of jurisdiction over the territorial waters of Arab States in the Aden Protectorate. The issue is raised following a claim by the Abdali Sultan of Lahej [Lahij] that he retains fishing rights in the sea bordering the Lahej coast up to a dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1934-16 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
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'
Scope & Content:
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 primaril...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (456 folios)