Handbook of Commercial and General Information for CeylonH.R. Cottle, government printer, Ceylon, 1922 - 260 pages |
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... less accessible , Coast Line and Harbours . * For the location on the map of the places named , see Geographical Index at the end of the volume . ( 4 ) populous , and fertile eastern side of Sub - section 1. - Geography , & c .
... less accessible , Coast Line and Harbours . * For the location on the map of the places named , see Geographical Index at the end of the volume . ( 4 ) populous , and fertile eastern side of Sub - section 1. - Geography , & c .
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... less than in 1901-1911 , in which decade the towns of Colombo and Kandy increased 32.5 per cent . and 25.8 per cent . , respectively . The decrease in the rate was due to the influenza epidemic , and to trade depression caused by the ...
... less than in 1901-1911 , in which decade the towns of Colombo and Kandy increased 32.5 per cent . and 25.8 per cent . , respectively . The decrease in the rate was due to the influenza epidemic , and to trade depression caused by the ...
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... the Sinhalese tenure of the northern part of Ceylon is shown by the more or less rapid movement of their capital to Dambadeniya about 1232 A.D. , to ( 9 ) Yapahu about 1271-2 A.D. , thence to Sub - section 3. - History .
... the Sinhalese tenure of the northern part of Ceylon is shown by the more or less rapid movement of their capital to Dambadeniya about 1232 A.D. , to ( 9 ) Yapahu about 1271-2 A.D. , thence to Sub - section 3. - History .
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... less than one - third by the spread of the leaf fungus , Hemileia vastatrix . Acute depression followed , but , with indomitable energy , the planters sought a remedy in the cultivation of other products . Liberian coffee , cinchona ...
... less than one - third by the spread of the leaf fungus , Hemileia vastatrix . Acute depression followed , but , with indomitable energy , the planters sought a remedy in the cultivation of other products . Liberian coffee , cinchona ...
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... . * * The remainder was employed in miscellaneous occupations , each includ- ing less than 5 per cent . of the earners in question . 5 34-20 The religions of Ceylon are classified under the five heads Sub - section 4. - Population .
... . * * The remainder was employed in miscellaneous occupations , each includ- ing less than 5 per cent . of the earners in question . 5 34-20 The religions of Ceylon are classified under the five heads Sub - section 4. - Population .
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acre Agents annual Anuradhapura application arecanuts arrack Badulla Bank Batticaloa British India bushels cacao Capital cargo cents certificate Ceylon charge Chilaw cinnamon class single coast coconut Colombo Colony cooly copra Court crop cultivation Distribution by Countries District duty Elephant Pass estates exceeding feet Galle gallons Gampola Government Hambantota Harbour important Island Jaffna Kalutara Kandy Kurunegala labour land Mannar manufacture manure Maradana marakkals Matale Matale District Matara miles motor Nanu-oya Nawalapitiya Negombo Northern Province Nuwara Eliya obtained Opanake Ordinance paddy parcel passengers patent person plants plumbago Point Pedro Port Post Office postal article Principal production Pussellawa Puttalam quantity Railway rates Ratnapura receipt registered Registrar Revenue road rubber rupees salt sender Sinhalese stamps Sub-section supply Survey Department TABLE Talaimannar Tamil telegrams Telegraph thereof tobacco tons Total trade mark Trincomalee United Kingdom Vessels
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Page 160 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 162 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 160 - ... debts) shall be thereby given or made, such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment shall, so far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or the wife or husband of such person, or any person claiming under such person, or wife or husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 87 - Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 160 - That if any Person who shall attest the Execution of a Will shall at the Time of the Execution thereof or at any Time afterwards be incompetent to be admitted a Witness to prove the Execution thereof, such Will shall not on that Account be invalid.
Page 160 - Estate shall be charged with any Debt or Debts, and any Creditor, or the Wife or Husband of any Creditor, whose Debt is so charged, shall attest the Execution of such Will, such Creditor notwithstanding such Charge shall be admitted a Witness to prove the Execution of such Will, or to prove the Validity or Invalidity thereof.
Page 160 - ... shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 160 - Directions for the Payment of any Debt or Debts), shall be thereby given or made, such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift, or Appointment shall, so far only as concerns such Person attesting 'the Execution of such Will, or the Wife or Husband of such Person, or any Person claiming under such Person or Wife or Husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 142 - That on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in his power with respect to the persons from whom he obtained such goods or things ; or (c) That otherwise he had acted innocently ; be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
Page 144 - A written signature, or copy of a written signature, of the individual or firm applying for registration thereof as a trade mark : or (c.) A distinctive device, mark, brand, heading, label, ticket, or fancy word or words not in common use.