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Page 194
... Hambantota . In each of these places the Government Agents took me in hand and went out of the way to show me exactly how they were admini- stering the districts and provinces . Every Government Agent whom I met , except one , went out ...
... Hambantota . In each of these places the Government Agents took me in hand and went out of the way to show me exactly how they were admini- stering the districts and provinces . Every Government Agent whom I met , except one , went out ...
Page 199
... Hambantota District in Ceylon . All Government Agents and Assistant Government Agents of those bad old days had to keep a detailed day - to - day diary of what they did and send it each month to the Secretariat in Colombo , where it was ...
... Hambantota District in Ceylon . All Government Agents and Assistant Government Agents of those bad old days had to keep a detailed day - to - day diary of what they did and send it each month to the Secretariat in Colombo , where it was ...
Page 204
... Hambantota . The poverty - stricken villages in the jungle , the Bedde- gamas of my time , have almost ceased to exist ; where there were thousands of acres of waste land and scrub jungle , there are today thousands of acres of ...
... Hambantota . The poverty - stricken villages in the jungle , the Bedde- gamas of my time , have almost ceased to exist ; where there were thousands of acres of waste land and scrub jungle , there are today thousands of acres of ...
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