Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/108.13
Title
Commission of Inquiry on Monte Cristo Estate, Nawalapitiya
Date(s)
- 1958-1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-197, manuscripts and typed
Context area
Repository
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.
The Commission report was published as a Sessional Paper No 15 of 1962.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Evidence, memoranda, complaints, correspondence between the commission and trade unions, administrative matters of trade unions, (1958-1962)
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
- Sinhala
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Description control area
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.