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... native population ; an increase of irrigation and other public works ; a reorganisation of the Civil Service ; a new ... natives and Europeans ; the full establishment of a great planting enterprise , chiefly in the hands of Colonists ...
... native population ; an increase of irrigation and other public works ; a reorganisation of the Civil Service ; a new ... natives and Europeans ; the full establishment of a great planting enterprise , chiefly in the hands of Colonists ...
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... natives . We have here , then , a considerable catalogue of topics that may fairly be brought before you this evening . But ... native cultivation followed that of the European planter , attested to the great change wrought through the ...
... natives . We have here , then , a considerable catalogue of topics that may fairly be brought before you this evening . But ... native cultivation followed that of the European planter , attested to the great change wrought through the ...
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... native , the success of the civilian , the efficiency of the Government are bound closely up with the good fortune of the planting industry . For the sinews of Ceylon are represented by her customs and railways , the two sources of ...
... native , the success of the civilian , the efficiency of the Government are bound closely up with the good fortune of the planting industry . For the sinews of Ceylon are represented by her customs and railways , the two sources of ...
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... native gardens , cultivated with tea , and were it not for the check given by fixing the value of the rupee at 1s . 4d . ( a blessing in disguise to planters , as discouraging over - production ) we should ere now have seen 400,000 or ...
... native gardens , cultivated with tea , and were it not for the check given by fixing the value of the rupee at 1s . 4d . ( a blessing in disguise to planters , as discouraging over - production ) we should ere now have seen 400,000 or ...
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... native agricultural industry , and first as to rice , which has been grown as far back as history extends in Ceylon ... natives and to increased production ; but there is no sign of this ( save in one interesting experiment under ...
... native agricultural industry , and first as to rice , which has been grown as far back as history extends in Ceylon ... natives and to increased production ; but there is no sign of this ( save in one interesting experiment under ...
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Page 343 - And We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, (otherwise competent,) to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the use of the said Society, and their successors, any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, not exceeding such annual value as aforesaid.
Page 104 - The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The Annual Report of the Council, which had been previously circulated amongst the Fellows, was taken as read.
Page 342 - Society," may, notwithstanding the statutes of mortmain, take, purchase, hold and enjoy to them and their successors a hall, or house, and any such messuages...
Page 345 - Institute, and appoint and dismiss at their pleasure all salaried and other officers, attendants and servants as they may think fit, and may...
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Page 76 - Sir Frederick Young, KCMG, a Vice-President of the Institute, presided. The Minutes of the last Ordinary General Meeting were read and confirmed, and it was announced that since that Meeting 29 Fellows had been elected, viz.
Page 3 - It was also announced that Donations to the Library of books, maps, &c., had been received from the various Governments of the Colonies and India, Societies, and public bodies both in the United Kingdom and the Colonies, and from Fellows of the Institute and others. The CHAIRMAN : It...