Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 34
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
Page 35
... Government Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally the ad- ministrative posts were considered to be a good deal more desirable than the judicial , and it was ...
... Government Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally the ad- ministrative posts were considered to be a good deal more desirable than the judicial , and it was ...
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... Government Agent , Southern Province , regarding the acquisition of land required for the Public Works Department ... Government's difficulty in finding a successor , had to wait until May 20th , 1911 - I became more and more doubtful ...
... Government Agent , Southern Province , regarding the acquisition of land required for the Public Works Department ... Government's difficulty in finding a successor , had to wait until May 20th , 1911 - I became more and more doubtful ...
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