1. Coll 1/1 'The Resident, Aden: appointment of a successor to Sir G S Symes'

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Abstract: The file contains correspondence between various Government departments regarding: the appointment of a successor to Sir Stewart Symes as Resident, Aden; the nomination and appointment of Sir Bernard Rawson Reilly; extension of Reilly's contract as Chief Commissioner; and overpayment of emoluments to Reilly in 1931. There is also a draft broadcast note dated 1944 announcing that Reginald Stuart Champion will take over as Governor of Aden in succession of John Hathorn Hall.The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio one).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequences commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

2. Coll 6/39 'Kuria Muria Islands: Administration and Status of'

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Abstract: This file concerns the status and administration of the Kuria Muria Islands [Jazā’ir Khurīyā Murīyā, Oman]. It features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident, Aden; the Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy of India; the British Consul General, Harbin; officials of the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and the Government of Bombay's Political Department.The correspondence includes discussion of the following:A request for a concession to explore guano and phosphate deposits on the islands, submitted in 1931 by two residents of Harbin, China, named James Alexander Hunter and John B Kunst.The potential strategic importance of the islands.The transfer of control of the islands from the Political Resident at Aden to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in 1931.The separation of Aden from the Bombay Presidency, under a new formation as a Chief Commissioner's Province, in 1932.The formal inclusion of the islands within the Aden Province in 1936, placing them legally under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of Aden.Whether or not administrative control of the islands should remain the responsbility of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, despite the recent change to their legal status.The planned separation of Aden from British India, scheduled to take place on 1 April 1937.The visit of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the islands in April 1947.The properties of specimens of ore given to Hay by inhabitants of Hallaniyah [Al Ḩallānīyah] during his visit to the island.In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:A copy of an extract from the Aden Laws Regulation, 1891.An extract from an issue of The Gazette of India, dated 1 April 1932, announcing the separation of Aden from the Government of Bombay and the formation of a Chief Commissionership of Aden.A copy of the Aden Laws (Amendment) Regulation, 1936 – an amendment to the Aden Laws Regulation, 1932, confirming the Kuria Muria Islands' status as part of the Aden Province.A copy of an article on the islands, written by Hay and considered for publication in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.The aforementioned specimens of ore, given to Hay by inhabitants of Hallaniyah [Al Ḩallānīyah] during his visit to the island.The Swedish material in the file consists of contact details provided in a letter addressed to the Colonial Office from a correspondent named as Alex Ewin [Axel Elvin, editor of Bonniers Konversations Lexikon,a series of Swedish encyclopaedias].The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 147; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.