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IOR/L/PS/12/1497
- Record Id:
- 040-000556509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556455
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000020
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035861573.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556455
040-000556509 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512 : Political (External) Collection 1: Aden
IOR/L/PS/12/1497 : Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/12/1497, f 446 : PART PLAN OF PERIM ISLAND
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/12/1497 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0002]/037-000556455[0054]/040-000556509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (456 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000020
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- 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 side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 1/59
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)