Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932
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Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932

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Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781136262715
Subtopic
World History
Index
History
Index
Aborigines’ Friend, 186.
Accommodessan lands, 19, 38, 39, 204, 205.
Accountant-General, 59, 67, 95; see also Vice-Treasurer.
Adam’s Peak Range, 246.
Adigars, 61, 139–144, 147, 156–158, 161– 2, 164–166.
Advisory Council, 41–42, 72.
Advocate Fiscal, 36–37.
Agents of Government, see Government Agents.
Agnew, Maj. (afterw. Col.), 9, 12, 24, 25.
Agricultural industries; recent changes in, 251–258; see also cacao, cardamoms, cinchona, cinnamon, coconut palm, coffee, rubber, tea.
Agricultural Journal, 260.
Agriculture: Department of, 260; Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, 262; School of Tropical Agriculture, Peradeniya, 261.
Alexander, —, assistant governor at Colombo and Galle, 16, 24.
Alwis, —, burgher, 186.
Amparai Tank, 133.
Ande paddy lands, 20.
Anderson, Gov. Sir George, and road construction, 234.
Anderson, Gov. Sir William, Commissions and Instructions to, 107; and Buddhist church, 128–129.
Andrews, Robert: embassy of, 5–7; as civil governor, 16–18, 22–23; suspension and subsequent career, 23; on de Meuron committee, 24, 25; dismissed by Gov. North, 31; judicial system under, 35, 36; and service tenure, 37.
Anglo-vernacular schools, 265.
Annesley, Lt., 181.
Anstruther, Philip, Colonial Secretary, 42, 99, 167, 178; on Civil Service promotion, 70; and causes of Kandyan Revolt, 191, 194; chairman of Ceylon Railway Co., 241.
Anuradhapura: Assistant Agent and District Judge for, (1845–77) 86, 87; (1882) 96, 97.
—, Assistant Govt. Agent of, replaced by Agent and Assistant, 93, 96.
—, District of, sometimes called Nuwarakalawiya, 81.
Anuradhapura-Arippu road, 233.
Anuradhapura-Jaffna road, 240.
Anuradhapura-Kandy road, 240.
Anuradhapura-Puttalam road, 240.
Anuradhapura-Trincomalee road, 240.
Arabian coffee, 248.
Arbuthnot, Robert, a...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. I. British Relations with Ceylon, 1762–96
  8. II. The Conquest of Ceylon, 1795–6
  9. III. The Madras Administration, 1795–8
  10. IV. The Experiment of Dual Control, 1798–1802
  11. V. The Establishment of Crown Colony Government in Ceylon, 1802–11
  12. VI. The Civil Service, 1812–85
  13. VII. The Governor of Ceylon
  14. VIII. Aspects of Native Policy, 1798–1889
  15. IX. The Conquest of Kandy
  16. X. Lord Torrington and the Kandyan Revolt, 1847–50
  17. XI. The Cinnamon Trade during the Nineteenth Century
  18. XII. Coffee and Transportation during the Nineteenth Century
  19. XIII. The Evolution of Ceylon, 1889–1932
  20. Appendix
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. Map of Ceylon, 1885

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