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1. ‘Regarding the Plans & Sections called for of the Aden Seaward Defences’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of two Military Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 4 September and 16 October 1850 respectively.The item relates to the delay in supplying the Court of Directors with plans and [cross] sections of the seaward defences at Aden. The Military Board, Bombay, put forward their reasons for this delay and outline the information they require from the Home authorities before they can suggest the points on the defences which would be best suited for armament. There is also discussion about the need to supply plans and sections for works being carried out on the isthmus.Correspondents: the Court of Directors; the Military Board; and the Government of Bombay.Folio 789a verso contains a stamp which reads: 'RECEIVED. 26 NOV. [1]850. SOUTHHAMPTON'.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Military', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 7172, Draft No. 123 of 1851', 'Collection No 2', and 'Military Department 1850'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 787, and terminates at f 796, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 789a.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. 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 105 of 1846, dated 15 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 18 April-11 September 1846.The papers relate chiefly to progress in the construction of the defences of Aden.The principal correspondents are: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden; the Government of Bombay; the Military Board, Bombay; and the Secretary to the Government of India. Also included are numerous minutes of the Governor and President and the members in Council, Bombay, and enclosures.The papers notably cover and include the following:Memoranda by Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer, Aden, and Captain C W Tremenheere, Engineers, on the state of the works as on 15 August and 29 August (ff 214-217)Discussions regarding certain dwellings that interfere with the range of the guns on the Ras Morbut [Ra’s Marbut, also spelled Ras Marbut in this item] battery, including the possibility of their owners claiming compensation should they need to be destroyed and instructions from the Government of Bombay that the Senior Engineer should ensure that nothing is erected which could interfere with the efficiency and integrity of the worksSuspension of works to erect a small room adjoining the Political Agent’s house on Ras Morbut for the accommodation of public guests, pending the opinion of Kilner and the Military BoardThe unsuccessful attempt by Kilner to obtain plans or descriptive statements of houses on Ras Morbut from their owners and occupants, and the intention of Mr Thomas, the Oriental Company [Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company] Agent at Aden, to persist in the erection of his bungalow about 200 yards in front of the Ras Morbut battery (f 237)Suggested modifications to the plans for the fortifications at Aden, submitted by Haines, which he considers will: prevent the need to disturb private dwellings on Ras Morbut; save the Government the expense of compulsory purchases; and prevent any hostile opinion forming towards the Government by the residents who consider Ras Morbut as a retreat for ‘invalids’ and from the heat of Aden during the monsoons (ff 242-245)The opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel C W Grant, Engineers, Poona [Pune], on Haines’s suggested modifications (ff 252-257) and the Bombay Government’s subsequent recommendations of measures to be carried out (ff 259-261)The request of the Governor-General of India to know how many ‘artificers and workmen’ can be employed on the works at Aden in order to expedite their completion as quickly and economically as possible, and suggestion that the rules controlling the ingress and egress of the population of Gibraltar could be applied, with modification, at Aden, so that the population does not exceed the supply of water and in order to manage the composition of the population (ff 269-270).The item also contains a ‘Plan of the Summit of Marbut shewing the Houses and Forts recommended’ (IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 246) and a ‘Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay Aden’ (IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 247).Physical description: 1 item (70 folios)
3. 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 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 IndiaThe 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.Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)
4. Coll 6/88 'Intelligence: Military Report on Arabia (C.B. 1892).'
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- Abstract: This file consists of two parts. The first part (folios 1-9) begins with a 'state of report' document for an Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division report entitled 'Arabia, Intelligence Report'; the 'state report' concerns the updating of the report in October 1941, and it includes a list of maps, plans and photographs that are contained in the report. There then follows a small amount of correspondence between India Office, War Office, and General Staff (India) officials regarding the supply of an earlier issue of the report, dated 1939.The second part of the file consists of the actual report, entitled 'C.B. 1892 (X) (10/41) Arabia Intelligence Report', dated October 1941, with appended maps, plans and photographs relating to Arabian Peninsula ports. The report is divided into four sections (six sections are listed in the table of contents, which lists sections one and three, most of section two, and one part of section five, as 'not issued', i.e. not printed in this edition of the report).The first section to appear in the report is entitled 'Section II: Strategy and Tactics'; parts 1 and 3-6 of this section have been omitted, leaving part 2, which has the heading 'Possible Lines on which War Plans would be Framed'.The next section, 'Section IV: Geography and Topography', provides an overview of the geography and topography of the Arabian Peninsula, including information about climate, transport facilities (including a table of landing grounds and seaplane anchorages), and communications.The third section, 'Section V: Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (from which part one has been omitted), provides a summary of principal commercial dockyards and repair bases, locations for fuel storage, supplies and storage of ammunition, fixed coastal defences, and aircraft.The final section of the report, 'Section VI: Ports, Anchorages and Their Defences', proceeds through a number of Gulf ports in alphabetical order (i.e. Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat), describing each place's port facilities, anchorages and defences, as well as providing other information relating to matters such as government, commerce, water supply, transport and communications.Enclosed with the maps and plans is a symbols chart, which lists some of the symbols used in the maps and plans.Physical description: Foliation: The file is formed of two parts. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of the first part at 1 and terminates at the inside back cover of the second part at 65; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.