Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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tas I had to spend the night at Anuradhapura , and I was asked to dinner by the
Government Agent , C . T . D . Vigors , at the Residency . Here I had my first
plunge into the social life of a Ceylon civil servant , a life in which I was to be
immersed ...
tas I had to spend the night at Anuradhapura , and I was asked to dinner by the
Government Agent , C . T . D . Vigors , at the Residency . Here I had my first
plunge into the social life of a Ceylon civil servant , a life in which I was to be
immersed ...
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In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( always 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 ...
In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( always 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 ...
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A . ( Office Assistant to the Government Agent ) who might have anything from
one to six years ' service ; the junior was called a Cadet , and every civil servant
when he first arrived was attached to some provincial kachcheri as Cadet . It was
in ...
A . ( Office Assistant to the Government Agent ) who might have anything from
one to six years ' service ; the junior was called a Cadet , and every civil servant
when he first arrived was attached to some provincial kachcheri as Cadet . It was
in ...
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