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IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 441-493
- Record Id:
- 041-003948731
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124958404.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154581908.0x000015
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 441-493
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 113 of 1846, dated 1 October 1846. The enclosures are dated 15 August-30 September 1846.
The papers relate to works on the defences of Aden, notably including the following:
- Memoranda stating the progress of the principal works, by: Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer, Captain Tremenheere, Engineers; and Lieutenant H W B Bell, Assistant Executive Engineer, Aden (ff 446-449)
- Copies of letters from Kilner and Lieutenant-Colonel C W Grant, Engineers, Poona [Pune], discussing several points regarding the works which are still undecided and requiring the decision of the Governor-General of India (ff 451-479)
- A request by the Secretary to Government, Bombay, that copies of plans and sketches in connection with the undecided points be prepared and forwarded to the Governor-General of India
- The reason for the delay in executing certain improvement works in the town of Aden (leading to flood damage occurring), including Kilner’s letter of explanation and rebuttal of any blame imputed to him by Haines (ff 486-488)
- Kilner’s request to Haines regarding the possibility of obtaining labourers from the opposite coast [east Africa] to facilitate the construction of the public works at the Aden settlement (f 492).
The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Military Board, Bombay.
- 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
040-000539291
041-003948731 - 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/5/445 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 83
IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 441-493 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0083]/040-000539291[0022]/041-003948731
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (53 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100154581908.0x000015
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 1 Oct 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 113 of 1846
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)