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1. ‘Aden Regarding Buildings and Town of -’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden.The item concerns the proposed new building works in Aden, particularly Haines’ proposed new House of Correction, Police Office, and Post Office, and clearing the houses situated in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden for hygienic and safety reasons. The item also includes a request for an increase in the police force at Aden. The item contains a town plan of Aden on f 1018.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 299/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5480, Collection No 46’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1005, and terminates at f 1028, 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.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia – Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Government of India; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Agent and Consul General, Egypt. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning Aden.The item concerns:The compensation to be given to those whose houses in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden are to be demolished to make way for a road, including a list of houses, their value, and their owner, on folio 348Money to be given to Walter Plowden to allow him and the envoy from Ras Ali [Ras Ali II of Yejju] to reach Cairo, and then England, bringing presents from Ras Ali to Queen Victoria.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 13’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 344, and terminates at f 355, 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.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.