Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

Fonds LK-NA/72 - Department of Irrigation

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

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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).

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil

Script of material

  • Latin

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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.

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