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Page 108
And the answer to that was: "You are receiving in this office 500 letters a day, or
13,000 a month. Nine out of ten of the letters which you answer today were
received in the office five or six days ago. But the number of unanswered letters
at the ...
And the answer to that was: "You are receiving in this office 500 letters a day, or
13,000 a month. Nine out of ten of the letters which you answer today were
received in the office five or six days ago. But the number of unanswered letters
at the ...
Page 173
I think that my state of mind is honestly and accurately described in the following
letter which I wrote to Lytton about a month after I arrived in Hambantota: 2nd Oct.
, 1908 Hambantota Ceylon I have often been on the point of writing in the last ...
I think that my state of mind is honestly and accurately described in the following
letter which I wrote to Lytton about a month after I arrived in Hambantota: 2nd Oct.
, 1908 Hambantota Ceylon I have often been on the point of writing in the last ...
Page 187
By this time the Salt Superintendent had arrived on the scene and I told him that
the checkers and the head guard must be suspended for six months from all
Government service. The checkers pleaded that it was unfair to rely on figures ...
By this time the Salt Superintendent had arrived on the scene and I told him that
the checkers and the head guard must be suspended for six months from all
Government service. The checkers pleaded that it was unfair to rely on figures ...
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