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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... Assistant Government Agent in the Hambantota District . I have to thank James Strachey for allowing me to read the original letters . As regards the diaries , I am greatly indebted to the Ceylon Government , particularly to the Governor ...
... Assistant Government Agent in the Hambantota District . I have to thank James Strachey for allowing me to read the original letters . As regards the diaries , I am greatly indebted to the Ceylon Government , particularly to the Governor ...
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... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The ... Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty years ' service . The ...
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The ... Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty years ' service . The ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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