IOR/V/10/553/2

The matters covered by the report as follows (headings transcribed from the volume appear in single inverted commas in the list below):

• ‘Judicial’, ‘Civil justice’ (paragraphs 2-5)
• Criminal cases and jails (paragraph 6-7)
• ‘Stamp Duty’ (paragraph 8)
• ‘Public works in Military Department’ (paragraph 10)
• Arrival of the Aden Troop (paragraph 11)
• Need for a floating battery at Aden (paragraph 12)
• French gunboats visiting Aden, especially the Diamond (paragraph 13)
• ‘Slave dhows’ [ships carrying enslaved persons] captured by HMS Highflyer (paragraph 14)
• Receipts and Expenditure of the Municipal Fund (paragraph 15)
• Government gardens at Huswah [Al-Huswah] and Lahedj [Lahej] (paragraph 16)
• Rainfall and water supply (paragraph 17)
• ‘Political’, including: the activities of the administrative personnel managing the Settlement; relations with the Abdallee [Abdalī] and Foodlee [Faḍlī] tribes, disputes between the Sultans [Sulṭāns] of Lahej and Housebi [Ḥawshabī] (paragraph 18)
• Civil hospital cases (paragraph 19)
• ‘Vaccination’ (paragraph 20)
• ‘Small-pox’ (paragraph 21)
• ‘Post Office’ (paragraph 22)
• Receipts and disbursements of the Aden Treasury (paragraph 23)
• List of civil establishments and salaries (paragraph 24)
• Completion of the lighthouse (paragraph 25)
• A new light vessel (paragraph 26)
• The Anglo-Vernacular School (paragraph 27)
• ‘Military’ (paragraph 28)
• A closing paragraph explaining that the Resident’s absence in Abyssinia [eastern Africa including parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia] is a partial cause of the delay in producing the report (paragraph 29).