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Eastern No. 174. Ceylon: 'Constitution of Ceylon. Correspondence'. Includes correspondence...
Catalogue reference: CO 882/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1943
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Eastern No. 174.
Ceylon: 'Constitution of Ceylon. Correspondence'. Includes correspondence relating to the Civil Service (conditions of employment and salaries); the Ceylon constitution (representations and protests; proposals for reform; resignation of ministers; Indians, including immigration, repatriation, and franchise); the State Council; financial contribution to Ceylon defence; and Commission of Inquiry into shooting of an Indian labourer. (305 pages)
(In continuation of Eastern No. 168; continued by Eastern No. 178.)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Eastern No. 174
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- Open Document, Open Description
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CO 882
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern
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