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40 20 Miles NORTHERN Mullaittivu Adam ' s Mannar PROVINCE LE AS TÈ
Trincomalee \ NORTH Anuradhapura ' s , CENTRAL NORTH Puttalam .
PROVINCE O W WESTERN Batticaloa Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala
VINCE ...
40 20 Miles NORTHERN Mullaittivu Adam ' s Mannar PROVINCE LE AS TÈ
Trincomalee \ NORTH Anuradhapura ' s , CENTRAL NORTH Puttalam .
PROVINCE O W WESTERN Batticaloa Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala
VINCE ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 . It was said that he had started
...
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 . It was said that he had started
...
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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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