Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/72
Title
Department of Irrigation
Date(s)
- 1884-1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-3673, manuscripts, printed and typed
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diary, divisional irrigation engineer, Western province (1948) D.F.S. inspection reports (1910-1911) ordinances (1918-1948) office organization (1920-1931) examinations (1930-1948), appointment (1943-1950), recruitment (1935-1948), major irrigation works (1891-1949), irrigation schemes (1913-1951), investigations (1900-1927), inspection and investigation of schemes ( 1908-1948), progress reports and schemes ( 1937-1945), DI’S inspection notes (1901-1954), programme of works (1896-1941), works arrangement (1910-1951), channels (1903-1951), anicuts (1901), tank bunds (1932-1948), specification (1905-1906), specification of rates (1884-1958), major irrigation works (1891-1949), maintenance (1931-1949), repairs (1931-1949), drainage (1929-1948), restoration (1932-1949), water supply schemes (1902-1948), surveys (1922-1947), jungle clearing (1944-45), flood protection (1928-1949), cultivation (1921-1948), contracts and agreements (1948-1949), anti-Malaria measures (1938-1939), irrigation facilities (1931-1948), construction works (1930-1949), reservations (1941-1949), administration reports (1907-1991).
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
- Tamil
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/DI
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 Asia History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.