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Colonial Office: Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon (Donoughmore Commission):...
Catalogue reference: CO 1041
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CO 1041
This series contains records of the Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon. It consists of memoranda, representations and written and oral evidence supplied to the Commission, and a copy of the Commission's published report.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 1041
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon (Donoughmore Commission): Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon. It consists of memoranda, representations and written and oral evidence supplied to the Commission, and a copy of the Commission's published report.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon, 1927-1928
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 volume(s)
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- Topics
- International
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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 Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon was appointed in August 1927 under the chairmanship of the Earl of Donoughmore to report on the working of the existing constitution in Ceylon. The terms of reference were: 'To visit Ceylon and report on the working of the existing Constitution and on any difficulties of administration which may have arisen in connection with it; to consider any proposals for the revision of the Constitution that may be put forward, and to report what, if any, amendments of the Order in Council now in force should be made.'
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report of the Commission was published in July 1928 as Cmd 3131.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5230/
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