Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/42
Title
Puttalam Kachcheri
Date(s)
- 1845-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-1775 ,Manuscripts and Printed
Context area
Name of creator
Puttalam Kachcheri
(1845-1940)
Administrative history
Puttlam was one of the Six collectoratcs created in 1796/7. Thereafter it was under the Western Province. The seat was transferred from Puttalam to Chilaw in 1804 and continued to be a Collectorate upto 1845. This system was changed with the creation of North Western Province on 1 st October 1845. The Chilaw Kachchcri was closed and Puttalam became the seat of the govt agent of the NWP. In 1856 the seat of the Government Agent North Western Province was shifted from Puttlam to Kurunegala and Puttlam was placed under an Assistant Government Agent and on 01.01.1909 tile Chilaw Kachcheri was closed down again and the records were transferred to the Puttlam Kachcheri.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Administration of the Kachcheri, Revenue, General Correspondence, with Departments, Judicial, Local Government, Industries, Estimates.
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
File List
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
- Puttalam Kachcheri (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.