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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... kachcheri 8 Fetching water from the tank of a village in the jungle . ( By the courtesy of Angela 145 160 Daugharty ) 176 9 The author with Hambantota kachcheri staff , mudaliyars , muhandiram , and Engelbrecht 193 The author with ...
... kachcheri 8 Fetching water from the tank of a village in the jungle . ( By the courtesy of Angela 145 160 Daugharty ) 176 9 The author with Hambantota kachcheri staff , mudaliyars , muhandiram , and Engelbrecht 193 The author with ...
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... kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his Residence . Districts were in the charge of an Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty ...
... kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his Residence . Districts were in the charge of an Assistant Government Agent ( the A.G.A. ) , a civil servant of anything from six to twenty ...
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... kachcheri examining the table of every clerk to see exactly what he was doing , what letters he had on his table unanswered and on what date they were received . This was a formidable undertaking , par- ticularly in a kachcheri like ...
... kachcheri examining the table of every clerk to see exactly what he was doing , what letters he had on his table unanswered and on what date they were received . This was a formidable undertaking , par- ticularly in a kachcheri like ...
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