Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/13
Title
Commissioner of Revenue and Commerce
Date(s)
- 1801-1807 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-141, manuscripts
Context area
Name of creator
Commissioner of Revenue and Commerce
(1801-1807)
Administrative history
The Office of the Commissioner of Revenue carne into existence in 1808. Although the Office was created as the Commissioner of Revenue, right from the beginning the Commissioner had been addressed as the Commissioner of Revenue and Commerce. The Commissioner was expected to visit the different parts or the island, control the abuses which occurred after the abolition of the Board of Revenue and Commerce. From January 1817 the duties of the Controller of Customs too were amalgamated to the Commissioner of Revenue and Commerce. The Office was abolished in January, 1834 on the recommendation or the Colebrooke Commission. The functions of this commission were vested on the Governor and the Civil servants.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Register of inward Letters (1811-1829), inward letters from Chief Secretary (1811-] 833), from Secretary for Kandyan provinces (1820-1825), from agents of revenue Batticaloa, Manner, Matara and Vauniya (1806-1808), from collectors of Batticaloa (1810-1833), Chilaw (1808) Chilaw & Puttalam (J 810-1833), Colombo (1810-1833), DeLft (1813-1833), Galle (1808-1833), Hambantota (1808-1816), Jaffna 1816-1832, Kalutara (1809-1822), Mannar (1809-1833), Matara (1810-1820), Tangalle (1817-1833), and Trincomalce (1808-1833). agent Wanny (1808-1817), from sitting magistrate (1812), register of outward letters (1812-1820), outward letter book (1808- 1834), commissioner of revenue (1808-1814).
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
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Place access points
Name access points
- Commissioner of Revenue and Commerce (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/CRC
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