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The Statesman’s Year-Book

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The present form of government of Ceylon was established by letters patent of April, 1831, and supplementary orders of March, 1833. According to the terms of this constitution, the administration is in the hands of a Governor, aided by an Executive Council of five members; viz., the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Colonial Secretary, the Queen’s Advocate, the Treasurer, and the Auditor-General; and a Legislative Council of 15 members, including the members of the Executive Council, four other officeholders, and six unofficial members.

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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Ceylon

1. Official Publications

  • Report of Governor Sir C. J. MacCarthy, dated Colombo, August 20, 1863; in, August 20, 1863; in ‘Reports on the Past and Present State of H.M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ Part II. London, 1864.

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  • Report on the State of Ceylon, dated July, 1861; in ‘Reports on the Past and Present State of H.M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ Part II. London, 1865.

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  • Statistical Tables relating to the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. Part IX. London, 1864.

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  • The Colonial Office List for 1865. London, 1865.

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Non-Official Publications

  • Baker (S. W.), Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon. 8. London, 1835.

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  • Duncan (George), Geography of India. Part II. Ceylon. 8. Madras, 1865.

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  • Mouat (Frederic J.), Rough Notes of a Trip to Reunion, the Mauritius, and Ceylon. 8. Calcutta, 1852.

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  • Pridham (C.), Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon. 2 vols. 8. London, 1849.

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  • Tcnncnt (Sir James Emerson), Ceylon: an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Tpographical. 5th ed. London, 1860.

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  1. Frederick Martin
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© 1866 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Martin, F. (1866). Ceylon. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252950_31

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