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Page 194
... 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 of his way to impress upon me the fact ...
... 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 of his way to impress upon me the fact ...
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... Government Agent of the Southern Province . ) These official diaries go back in some provinces for over a century and a half ; when I was stationed in the Northern Province I found that the first diary in the Jaffna kachcheri was ...
... Government Agent of the Southern Province . ) These official diaries go back in some provinces for over a century and a half ; when I was stationed in the Northern Province I found that the first diary in the Jaffna kachcheri was ...
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... Government Agent . Yes , Mudaliyar , it was just . " Of course , it was just . I was quite certain that it was just that day , February 28 , 1960 , in the Galle Face Hotel with the indignant Mudaliyar facing me , and yet I was not ...
... Government Agent . Yes , Mudaliyar , it was just . " Of course , it was just . I was quite certain that it was just that day , February 28 , 1960 , in the Galle Face Hotel with the indignant Mudaliyar facing me , and yet I was not ...
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