Handbook of Commercial and General Information for CeylonH. R. Cottle, government printer, Ceylon, 1922 - 260 pages |
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... planting interests of the Island , and is an important distributing centre for the mid- country planting districts , besides being a place of great historic interest and the centre of Ceylon Buddhism . Moratuwa is a town of rising ...
... planting interests of the Island , and is an important distributing centre for the mid- country planting districts , besides being a place of great historic interest and the centre of Ceylon Buddhism . Moratuwa is a town of rising ...
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... planting enterprise became possible . A second important economic event was the acquisition of the Kandyan territory in 1815. Previously the British had held the Maritime Provinces , which had been surrendered by the Dutch , but now ...
... planting enterprise became possible . A second important economic event was the acquisition of the Kandyan territory in 1815. Previously the British had held the Maritime Provinces , which had been surrendered by the Dutch , but now ...
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... planting of coffee had been begun by Sir Edward Barnes and George Bird in 1827 , but it did not begin to boom till about 1837. After a temporary depression in 1847 to 1850 , the industry reached the height of its prosperity about 1875 ...
... planting of coffee had been begun by Sir Edward Barnes and George Bird in 1827 , but it did not begin to boom till about 1837. After a temporary depression in 1847 to 1850 , the industry reached the height of its prosperity about 1875 ...
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... planting areas . Considerable attention is also given to the education of the children , estate schools being now widely established . On the whole , the cooly is very well cared for , and large sums are spent annually on his ...
... planting areas . Considerable attention is also given to the education of the children , estate schools being now widely established . On the whole , the cooly is very well cared for , and large sums are spent annually on his ...
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... planting and manufacture . The young , tender shoots of the tea bush , Camellia Thea , after being withered , rolled ... planted in tea , consisting of about 1,230 estates , which are , for the most part , situated at Acreage , & c ...
... planting and manufacture . The young , tender shoots of the tea bush , Camellia Thea , after being withered , rolled ... planted in tea , consisting of about 1,230 estates , which are , for the most part , situated at Acreage , & c ...
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acre Agents in Ceylon agricultural America annual Anuradhapura application arecanuts average Badulla Batticaloa Branch in Ceylon British India bushels cacao Capital cent Ceylon Produce charge Chilaw cinnamon Citronella Oil coal coast coconut oil Coir Colombo Colony considerable cooly copra Court crop cultivation Distribution by Countries District duty estates exceeding Export Trade feet following table Foreign Countries Galle gallons Germany Government Hambantota Harbour irrigation Island Jaffna Japan Kalutara Kandy Kandyan Kurunegala labour land Litho Mannar manufacture manure Maradana marakkals Matale Matara miles Nawalapitiya Negombo Nuwara Eliya obtained Office Ordinance paddy Percentage Distribution person planting Pláté plumbago Point Pedro principal production Puttalam Quantity and Value Railway rainfall Rate Ratnapura registered Registrar Revenue road rubber rupees Sabaragamuwa salt Sinhalese Southern Province Specie stations Sub-section supply Survey Department Talaimannar Tamil thereof tobacco tons Total Import Total Trade trade mark trees Trincomalee United Kingdom
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Page 140 - 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 136 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing, signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged.
Page 142 - ... 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 81 - 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 141 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 140 - ... 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 82 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 140 - 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 140 - ... 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.