Site of 43 houses adjoining the East India Company warehouses in Haydon Square purchased from Samuel Wright in 1800 for £4,130, with unexpired term of lease on the Goat Public House purchased from John Jelfs in 1801 for £500. [All these houses were demolished soon after purchase and the site used...
[1] Secretary of State for India [2] Reverend John Watson Watson of Birkenhead, clerk in Holy Orders Endorsement: Plan of property Enclosure: Memorandum concerning plan
Perim Island in the Straits of Bab al-Mandab (administered by the Government of Aden): the Secretary of State for India leased land to the Perim Coal Company Limited, to the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited and to Lloyd's of London. A coaling station and telegraph and signal stations were establ...