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Eastern No. 168. Ceylon: 'Constitution of Ceylon. Correspondence.' Includes correspondence...
Catalogue reference: CO 882/15
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- 1934-1937
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Eastern No. 168.
Ceylon: 'Constitution of Ceylon. Correspondence.' Includes correspondence relating to the Civil Service (recruitment and appointments); the Ceylon constitution (appointment of Commission of Enquiry, and constitutional reform); the State Council (dissolution and elections, including some biographical details of members and candidates, and conduct of elections, including disturbances and fatalities); and Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council, 1931. (246 pages)
(In continuation of Eastern No. 162; continued by Eastern No. 174.)
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- Eastern No. 168
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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern
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