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The island was divided administratively into nine Provinces and some of the
Provinces were subdivided into Districts. In charge of the Province was a
Government Agent (always referred to as the G.A.), a senior civil servant of 20
years' service ...
The island was divided administratively into nine Provinces and some of the
Provinces were subdivided into Districts. In charge of the Province was a
Government Agent (always referred to as the G.A.), a senior civil servant of 20
years' service ...
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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 east to Tissa- ...
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 east to Tissa- ...
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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 also show the kind of ...
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 also show the kind of ...
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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 |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Authors Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Political scientists Sri Lanka |
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