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Series
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Ceylon, Sessional Papers
Catalogue reference: CO 57
What's it about?
CO 57
This series contains sessional papers from Ceylon.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Ceylon, Sessional Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains sessional papers from Ceylon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later papers see DO 109
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 283 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a general index to papers and sessional papers laid before the Legislative Council see CO 57/283
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Legislative Council became the State Council in July 1931.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4248/
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