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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 Eeference concerning Ceylon. 1. Official Publications.
Report of Governor Sir Hercules G. R. Robinson, dated Colombo, September 14, 1867; in ‘Reports, showing the present state of H. M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ Part III. Eastern Colonies. Fol. London, 1868.
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Statement of the Moral and Material Progress of India, 1861–65. Fol. London, 1866.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Japan. 1. Official Publications.
Report by Mr. Sidney Locock, H. M.’s Secretary of Legation, on the Weights, Measures, and Currency of Japan, dated Yokohama, Jan. 10, 1867; in ‘Reports by H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. V. 1867. London, 1867.
Commercial Reports from H. M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1864. 8. London, 1865.
Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1865. 8. London, 1866.
Reports of Journeys in China and Japan performed by Mr. Alabaster, Mr. Oxenham, Mr. Markham, and Dr. Willis, of H.M.’s Consular Service. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. Fol. London, 1869.
Reports by Messrs. Fisher, Rice, and Walsh, United States’ Consuls at Kanagawa, Hakodadi, and Nagasaki, on the trade and commerce of Japan; in ‘Annual Report on Foreign Commerce.’ 8. Washington, 1865.
Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries. Imp. 4. London, 1871.
2. Non-Official Publications.
Alcock (Sir Rutherford), The Capital of the Tycoon; a narrative of a three years’ residence in Japan. 2 vols. 8. London, 1863.
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Dickson (Walter), Japan, being a sketch of the history, government, and officers of the Empire. 8. London, 1869.
Du Pin (M.), Le Japon: Mœurs, coutumes, rapports avec les Européens. 8. Paris, 1868.
Fisscher (J. F. Van Overmeer), Bijdrage tot de kenniris van hot japansehe rijk. 4. Amsterdam, 1833.
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Leupe (P. A.), Reise van Maarten Gerritz-Uries in 1643 naar Let Noorden en Oosten van Japan. 8. Amsterdam, 1858.
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Pompe de Meerdervoort (J. L. C.), Vijf Jaren in Japan, 1857–63. Bij-dragen tot de kennis van het japansehe keizerrijk en zijne Bevolking. 2 vols. 8. Leyden, 1867.
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2. Non-Official Publications.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Siam. 1. Official Publications.
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2. Non-Official Publications.
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