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byafing 20 40 Miles NORTHERN Mullaittivu Adam's Bridge Mannars PROVINCE EAS Trincomalee NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL NORTH Puttalam ) PROVINCE WESTERN N Batticaloa Chilaw PROVINCE Matale PROVINCE PPROVINCE Kurunegala Kandy Negombok ...
byafing 20 40 Miles NORTHERN Mullaittivu Adam's Bridge Mannars PROVINCE EAS Trincomalee NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL NORTH Puttalam ) PROVINCE WESTERN N Batticaloa Chilaw PROVINCE Matale PROVINCE PPROVINCE Kurunegala Kandy Negombok ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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He had retired after 50 years in the Ceylon Civil Service , all of it spent in Jaffna , and over 40 years as Government Agent , Northern Province . On his retirement he bought a house and continued to live in Jaffna .
He had retired after 50 years in the Ceylon Civil Service , all of it spent in Jaffna , and over 40 years as Government Agent , Northern Province . On his retirement he bought a house and continued to live in Jaffna .
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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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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