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IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 39-52
- Record Id:
- 041-003896224
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122029590.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156754476.0x000010
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 39-52
- Title:
- Aden Affairs and Other Matters
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1847, dated 15 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 9 November-15 January 1847.
The item comprises resolutions on letters from the Secret Committee received by the HC [Honourable Company’s] steamer Auckland on 2 January 1847, and subsequent correspondence between: Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of India; and the Post-Master General, Bombay. Also included is a minute of the President and Governor and the members in Council, Bombay.
The papers cover the following matters:
- A document entitled ‘Heads of Instructions for the Police Magistrate at…’ (not included), forwarded by the Secret Committee, requesting the authorities in India to ascertain if the guidance can be made applicable to Aden
- An enquiry, by the Secret Committee, as to whether the authorities in India have received any communication from the King of Johanna [Anjouan] regarding his claim to the Island of Mayotte now occupied by France
- Confirmation by the Post-Master General that he has received from England forty spare lids for the iron mail boxes (passing between England and India and through France), that he intends to request a further supply, and requesting instructions concerning the disposal of 155 old lids.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539295
041-003896224 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/449 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 87
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 39-52 : Aden Affairs and Other Matters - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0087]/040-000539295[0004]/041-003896224
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100156754476.0x000010
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 15 Jan 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 4 of 1847
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)