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49. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 135 of 1846, dated 16 November 1846. The enclosures are dated 25 September-16 November 1846.The enclosures relate to affairs in Aden, notably the following:The progress made in the defences and other public works in the course of construction at Aden, including: a memorandum by Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer at Aden, on the ‘state of the principal works’ up to 15 October 1846 (ff 129-134); letters from the Military Board and Lieutenant-Colonel C W Grant, Bombay Engineers, complaining that progress will be continuously delayed and obstructed due to hostile relations between the British at Aden and the neighbouring Arab inhabitants of the interior, and suggesting measures to bring food, forage and other supplies from the opposite coast of Africa; and the Government of Bombay’s suggestion that in the event of roads to Aden being closed a continuous forage supply from India could be established at minimal expenseA report by Assistant Surgeon Giraud, Professor of Chemistry, on the unsuitable quality of water from the ‘Ras Meil Well’ at Aden (f 140), and the conclusion of the Government of Bombay that unless the salt water springs in the well can be closed and only the sweet springs kept open, it should be abandonedThe report of a Committee composed of naval and engineer officers on the best site for the construction of a pier of obstruction in the Western Bay at Aden, forwarded to the Government of Bombay by Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. Included with the report is a plan of the pier (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/5/447, f 148)The suggestion by Haines to accommodate ‘native’ Indian convicts, employed on the works at Aden, on vessels stationed off shore, and its rejection by Captain Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, who cites the probable high mortality of convicts confined under such arrangements, in addition to the lack of available ships and the excessive cost of converting vessels for that purpose (ff 152-153)Two detailed memoranda of Governor-General of India on the subject of the works of defence in progress at Aden (ff 157-166), and the requirement that Colonel C W Grant remain at Aden until their completionThe Government of India’s agreement to a proposition to employ Arab labourers upon the public works at Aden and instruction that the result of the experiment should be ‘carefully watched and reported to Government’ (f 176).The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (63 folios)
50. Aden Affairs: A Difference of Opinion between the Agent at Aden and Captain Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 3-22 March 1847.The primary document is a letter from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to a difference of opinion between Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, the Agent at Aden, and Captain J Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden, who refuses to furnish for the inspection of Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood plans of the fortifications of Aden, including the Governor-General’s admonishment of Captain Haines for not dealing with the matter.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 199. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
51. Lieutenant-Colonel Outram’s Memoir on Matters Relating to Egypt
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 38 of 1850, dated 25 July 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-13 and are dated 21 January to 25 July 1850.The majority of the item consists of a memoir on Egypt by Lieutenant-Colonel James Outram, enclosed in a letter to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet (enclosure No. 7), for the attention of the Governor in Council of Bombay, Viscount Falkland. Outram’s memoir concerns the military resources of Egypt and the danger of overland communication between Great Britain and India through Egypt being prevented in the event of war between Britain and France.The memoir contains a preface, twelve sections, a conclusion and twenty-seven appendices. The plans, maps and drawings which Outram mentions in his letter are not included in this item (the only plans included are the plans on f 513 and f 514 in appendix 10, as listed below).The sections relate to the following:Section I Fortifications of AlexandriaSection II Resources of EgyptSection III Defensive measures likely to be adopted by the FrenchSection IV Preliminary proceedings of the British fleet. Measures to be adopted to prevent reinforcements reaching the French armySection V Descent by the British on Egypt, from the MediterraneanSection VI Seige of the Baghaz Forts and Fort LesbehSection VII Policy to be pursued when the British have established a footing in EgyptSection VIII Preliminary measures of the Indian GovernmentSection IX First proceedings of the Indian Army. Capture of Suez, and the operations to be conducted from that baseSection X Invasion of Upper Egypt from Cosseir [El Qoseir]Section XI Siege of CairoSection XII Blockade of Alexandria.The appendices are as follows:Appendix 1: Letter from Outram to the British Consul General in Egypt, Charles Augustus Murray, dated 17 December 1849, describing the coast defences near Damietta and Rosetta, and providing supplementary information regarding the present state of the Alexandria fortificationsAppendix 2: Extracts from papers presented to the British Parliament in 1841, relating to affairs of the Levant in 1839-40, illustrating French ‘intrigues’ in EgyptAppendix 3: Translation of the firman of investiture of Mehmet Ali Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā], on his being re-installed in the Pachalic [Pashalik] of Egypt, dated 20 May 1841Appendix 4: Extracts from papers on the affairs of the Levant laid before the British Parliament in 1841, showing the state of the Egyptian Army at the time of the Second Syrian WarAppendix 5: Census of the population of Egypt taken in 1847-48Appendix 6: Information regarding the strength and organisation of the Egyptian Army and Fleet at the end of 1849Appendix 7: Account of the British expedition to Egypt in 1807Appendix 8: Extract from a report of 1840 on the supply of war munitions in EgyptAppendix 9: Information regarding the revenues of Egypt, relating to grain produce, livestock, fish, and other articles of consumptionAppendix 10: Report on Lake Menzaleh [Birkat al Manzilah], which includes a ‘Plan of the Foum Dibe Corresponding with the ancient Mendesian Mouth of the Nile’ on folio 513, and ‘Plan of the Town of Menzaleh And its immediate vicinity’ on folio 514Appendix 11: Information on supplies of grain and boats in EgyptAppendix 12: Information regarding the ‘Arab tribes’ bordering Suez and Cosseir and their resourcesAppendix 13: Translations of letters addressed by General Reynier to General Menon, dated 4 March to 13 April 1801Appendix 14: Information on the strength and disposition of the French and English armies in Egypt in 1801Appendix 15: Information regarding coast routes from Tripoli to Bengazi [Benghazi, also spelled Bengasi in this item] and Derna [Darnah]Appendix 16: Information on coast routes from Alexandria to DernaAppendix 17: Extract from a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Outram to Lieutenant-Colonel Le Messurier, dated 14 March 1850, detailing certain points on the African coast regarding which further information is desirableAppendix 18: Meteorological observations taken at Alexandria in 1639, 1847, and 1848-49, Rosetta in 1777-78, and Cairo in 1777 and 1791Appendix 19: Nautical information derived from various sources, relating to the Mediterranean and northern coast of EgyptAppendix 20: Nautical information derived from various sources, relating to the Red Sea and Indian OceanAppendix 21: Table displaying the pay and allowances of the Indian and Egyptian ArmiesAppendix 22: Description of the routes between Keneh or Geneh [Qina] (on the Nile) and CosseirAppendix 23: Description of the routes between Cairo and SuezAppendix 24: Information regarding the coast route from Cosseir to Suez, and Cosseir to Cario, directAppendix 25: Enumeration of the commanding points on the Nile below KenehAppendix 26: Information regarding the southern route from Cairo to Suez via Bazatin [Al Basatin, also spelled Bazateen in this item], and from Atfieh [Atfih] to SuezAppendix 27: Information on the water supplied to Alexandria.The other enclosures in this item are minutes of the Governor and members of council of the Bombay Presidency, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army, Willoughby Cotton, and letters from the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, relating to Outram’s memoir.These enclosures discuss matters including: the memoir being sent to Court of the Directors of the East India Company and the Government of India; the copying of the plans submitted with Outram’s memoir by an officer of the Bombay Engineers and his remuneration for this; and remuneration proposed to be granted to Outram for the period he was detained in the Bombay Presidency supervising and correcting the copies of his memoir to be sent to England. The enclosures also include: a minute by John Pollard Willoughby containing a condensed summary of Outram’s memoir (No. 8); and a letter from Malet to Outram conveying the thanks of the Government of Bombay and the highest commendations from the Governor in council for his memoir (No. 11).Physical description: 1 item (411 folios)