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IOR/V/10/575
- Record Id:
- 040-000122269
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000121669
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0002e3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145400815.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/V/10/575
- Title:
- ‘Administration Report of Aden for the Year ending 31st March 1936’
- Scope & Content:
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Annual administration report of the Aden Settlement, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Administration of Aden during the financial year 1935-36. The report was printed at the Government of India Press, New Delhi, in 1937.
The report is divided into twenty-three sections (ff 4-35), Appendices (ff 36-81) and a map of Aden (f 82)
The first part consists of the following:
- ‘I. General’ (ff 4-5), consisting of: Description; The Island of Perim; Historical Note
- ‘II. Area and Population’ (f 5)
- ‘III. Climate’ (f 5)
- ‘IV. Administration’ (f 6)
- ‘V. Finance’ (f 6)
- ‘VI. Judicial’ (f 6)
- ‘VII. Police’ (ff 7-9), consisting of: Historical Notes; New Force Buildings; Clerical Establishment; Motor Vehicles Department; Passport Department; Harbour Police Launch Establishment; Prison Van; Motor Fire Engine; Expenditure on the Aden Police Force; Crime
- ‘VIII Prison’ (ff 9-10)
- ‘IX. Medical’ (ff 10-13)
- ‘X. Public Health’ (ff 13-22)
- ‘XI. Education’ (ff 22-26)
- ‘XII. Public Works’ (f 26-28)
- ‘XIII. Municipal’ (ff 28-30)
- ‘XIV. Port Administration’ (ff 30-31) consisting of: General Remarks
- ‘XV. Trade’ (f 32)
- ‘XVI. Shipping’ (f 32)
- ‘XVII. Industries’ (f 32)
- ‘XVIII. Customs’ (ff 32-33)
- ‘XIX. Transport’ (f 33)
- ‘XX. Post Office’ (f 33)
- ‘XXI. Registration’ (ff 33-34)
- ‘XXII. Telephones’ (f 34)
- ‘XXIII. Miscellaneous’ (f 34).
The report contains two photographs: an aerial view of the crater and city of Aden (f 3); and an aerial view of the port of Aden (f 31).
A table of contents listing the headings is on folio 2.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000117414
036-000121669
037-000122246
040-000122269 - Is part of:
- IOR/V : Official Publications
IOR/V/10 : Administration Reports
IOR/V/10/553-576 : Aden
IOR/V/10/575 : ‘Administration Report of Aden for the Year ending 31st March 1936’ - Contains:
- IOR/V/10/575, f 3 : ‘AERIAL VIEW OF THE CRATER, ADEN’
IOR/V/10/575, f 31 : ‘AERIAL VIEW OF THE PORT OF ADEN’
IOR/V/10/575, f 82 : GENERAL PLAN OF ADEN SETTLEMENT
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/V/10/575 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000117414[0010]/036-000121669[0018]/037-000122246[0023]/040-000122269
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/V
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (81 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0002e3
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 83; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains a pagination sequence in parallel between ff 4-81.
- Arrangement:
- The report contains a table of contents listing headings.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chief Commissioner, Aden, 1932-1937
- Subjects:
- Annual reports
Colonial administration - Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula
