Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/14
Title
Civil Auditor General
Date(s)
- 1802-1827 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-12, Manuscripts
Context area
Name of creator
Civil Auditor General
(1802-1827)
Administrative history
Governor Maitland divided the Civil Service into three classes in 1807 and the Civil Auditor General was placed in the first class. The Auditor General's main duty was to see that the commissioner of revenue complied with the Governor's instructions in the examination of government accounts. Moreover, he was to check whether the civil servants had obtained Governor's authority for the expenditure.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence with Chief Secretary (1802-1816), Outward letter book of the Accountant - General (1 802-1805), Outward letters of the Civil Auditor General (J 805-1811), statements of accounts (1821-27), financial returns (1824-1826)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File list
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Civil Auditor General (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/CAG
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD (G)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.