Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/92
Title
Land Development Department
Date(s)
- 1946-1966 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-19, Manuscripts and Printed
Context area
Name of creator
Land Development Department
(1946-1966)
Administrative history
In accordance with the recommendations of the Cadres Commission, contained in Sessional Paper V of 1948, a separate Department of Land Development was established by Government in October, 1948
The following functions hitherto discharged by Land Commissioner's Department were transferred to the new Department of Land Development
(a) Food Production Work (other than the administration of the Food Production (Estates) Ordinance
(b) Work relating to Land Development, preliminary to the establishment of colonies and peasant settlement
This Department was entrusted with the necessary development operations (Jungle Clearing, Constructions, Colonization schemes) Programmed for development over a period of years. The alienation, maintenance and control of the areas so developed remained the functions of this department.
The following functions hitherto discharged by Land Commissioner's Department were transferred to the new Department of Land Development
(a) Food Production Work (other than the administration of the Food Production (Estates) Ordinance
(b) Work relating to Land Development, preliminary to the establishment of colonies and peasant settlement
This Department was entrusted with the necessary development operations (Jungle Clearing, Constructions, Colonization schemes) Programmed for development over a period of years. The alienation, maintenance and control of the areas so developed remained the functions of this department.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Office Orders, Circulars, General Instructions, Land Development and Treasury, Re-organisation of the Department, Trade Union Discussions, Circuit Bungalows, Badagiriya Scheme, Progress Report of Investment Scheme, Joint Council Meetings
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
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
- Land Development Department (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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.