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Districts were in the charge of an Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty ... The A.G.A. had his Residence and District kachcheri in the " outstation ” , the chief town of his District ...
Districts were in the charge of an Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty ... The A.G.A. had his Residence and District kachcheri in the " outstation ” , the chief town of his District ...
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When I went on circuit to Tangalla , 26 miles to the west , the largest town in my District , I found Southorn , the District Judge , and Hodson , the Superintendent of Police , and we dined together . When I went on circuit 20 miles ...
When I went on circuit to Tangalla , 26 miles to the west , the largest town in my District , I found Southorn , the District Judge , and Hodson , the Superintendent of Police , and we dined together . When I went on circuit 20 miles ...
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I set out to make the Hambantota District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will ...
I set out to make the Hambantota District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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