‘Administration Report of Aden for the Year ending 31st March 1937’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Administration Report of Aden for the Year ending 31st March 1937’
- Creator:
- Author: Chief Commissioner, Aden
- Date:
- 1938/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Aden Settlement, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Administration of Aden during the financial year 1936-37. The report was printed at the Government of India Press, New Delhi, in 1938.The report is divided into twenty-three sections (ff 4-16), Appendices (ff 17-58) and a map of Aden (f 59).The first part consists of the following:‘I. General’ (ff 4-5), consisting of: Description; The Island of Perim; Historical Note‘II. Area and Population’ (f 5)'III. Climate’ (f 5)‘IV. Administration’ (f 6)‘V. Finance’ (f 6)‘VI. Judicial’ (f 6)‘VII. Police’ (ff 6-7), consisting of: Present Strength; Expenditure on the Aden Police Force; Crime‘VIII. Prison’ (f 7)‘IX. Medical’ (ff 7-9)‘X. Public Health’ (ff 9-10), consisting of: Infectious Diseases; Water Supply and Drainage‘XI. Education’ (ff 10-11)‘XII. Public Works’ (f 11)‘XIII. Municipal’ (ff 11-12)‘XIV. Port Administration’ (ff 13-14) consisting of: General Remarks‘XV. Trade’ (f 14)‘XVI. Shipping’ (f 14)‘XVII. Industries’ (f 14)‘XVIII. Customs’ (f 15)‘XIX. Transport’ (f 15)‘XX. Post Office’ (f 15)‘XXI. Registration’ (ff 15-16)‘XXII. Telephones’ (f 16)‘XXIII. Miscellaneous’ (f 16).The report contains two photographs: an aerial view of the crater and city of Aden (f 3); and an aerial of the port of Aden (f 13).A table of contents listing the headings is on folio 2.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Annual reports
Colonial administration - Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0002e4_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0002e4_en
IOR/V/10/576
IOR/V/10/576