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Fonds LK-NA/108.13 - Commission of Inquiry on Monte Cristo Estate, Nawalapitiya

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Reference code

LK LK-NA LK-NA/108.13

Title

Commission of Inquiry on Monte Cristo Estate, Nawalapitiya

Date(s)

  • 1958-1962 (Creation)

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Files 1-197, manuscripts and typed

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Archival history

This commission was appointed on the 23rd May 1961 by the Governor General to inquire into and report on the contributory factors for the disturbances at Monte Cristo Estate, Nawalapitiya since October, 1959, and possible steps for the termination of the dispute between the management and the employees of the said Estate.
The Commission report was published as a Sessional Paper No 15 of 1962.

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Scope and content

Evidence, memoranda, complaints, correspondence between the commission and trade unions, administrative matters of trade unions, (1958-1962)

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Conditions governing access

Open

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Language of material

  • English
  • Sinhala

Script of material

  • Latin

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Description identifier

LK-NA/PSO/Comm

Institution identifier

Department of National Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAD (G)

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English
  • Sinhala

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.

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