IOR/V/10/571/10

Annual administration report of the Aden Residency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in the administration of the Settlement of Aden and the Island of Perim during the financial year 1931-32. The report was printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Delhi, in 1932.

The report is divided into the following sections, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:

• Letter from the Chief Commissioner, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla [Shimla], dated 17 September 1932, submitting the report (f 412), and including: Change in Office
• ‘I.–GENERAL.’ (f 412)
• ‘II.–AREA AND POPULATION.’ (f 412)
• ‘III.–CLIMATE.’ (f 412)
• ‘IV.–ADMINISTRATION.’ (ff 412-413)
• ‘V.–FINANCE.’ (f 413)
• ‘VI.–JUDICIAL.’ (f 413)
• ‘VII.–POLICE.’ (f 413)
• ‘VIII.–PRISONS.’ (f 413)
• ‘IX.–MEDICAL.’ (ff 413-414), including: VACCINATION
• ‘X.–PUBLIC HEALTH.’ (ff 414-415), including: Water Supply; Drainage; Housing of Coal and Cargo ‘coolies’
• ‘XI.–EDUCATION.’ (f 415), consisting of: Indigenous Schools; Primary Schools; Secondary Schools; Examination
• ‘XII.–PUBLIC WORKS.’ (f 415)
• ‘XIII.–MUNICIPAL.’ (f 415), including: ELECTRICITY
• ‘XIV.–PORT ADMINISTRATION.’ (f 415)
• ‘XV.–TRADE.’ (f 415)
• ‘XVI.–SHIPPING.’ (f 416)
• ‘XVII.–INDUSTRIES.’ (f 416)
• ‘XVIII.–CUSTOMS.’ (f 416)
• ‘XIX.–TRANSPORT.’ (f 416)
• ‘XX.–POST OFFICE.’ (f 416)
• ‘XXI.–TELEPHONES.’ (f 416).

A table of contents listing the sections of the report is on folio 411. The remainder of the item (ff 418-457) consists of appendices to the report, which are listed on folio 417. Folio 458 consists of a map of Aden.