Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

Fonds LK-NA/36 - Vavuniya Kachcheri

Identity area

Reference code

LK LK-NA LK-NA/36

Title

Vavuniya Kachcheri

Date(s)

  • 1807 - 1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

Files 1 - 222, Manuscripts, Typewritten and Printed

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Scope and content

Diaries: Collector of Mullattivu( 1807-1811), Assistant Government Agent, Mullattivu, (1835-1839),Assistant Government Agent, Mullattivu and Vavuniya (1888 - 1889), Assistant Government Agent, Vavuniya (1940), Minutes of the Governor (1816 -1878),Circulars: Colonial Secretary (1824 - 1904) Inward Letters: Assistant Government Agent, Mullattivu to Government Agent, Jaffna (1834 - 1905),Registration of Crown Lands (1848 -1851), Lease Bonds for Crown Lands (1848 - 1861), Index to Diary Entries (1862 - 1876), Inward Miscellaneous Letters, Assistant Government Agent, Vavuniya (1891), Assistant Government Agent, Mullittivu, (1892 - 1906), Outward Letters, Assistant Government Agent, Mullattivu to Government Agent, Jaffna, (1893 - 1901), Outward Correspondence: Assistant Government Agent, Mullativu to Government Agent Jaffna (1903), Financial Orders: (1909), Waste Book (1861), Reports, Government Agent: Inquiry Reports (1834 - 1843), Circuit Reports Mullattivu District (1844-1859), Publications: Assistant Government Agent, Vavuniya, Monthly Review (1941 - 1945), Palm Leaf: One inch sheets of Jaffna, Mannar and Mullattivu. Administration Reports: Government Agents, Vavuniya (1973 - 1975).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • Sinhala
  • Tamil
  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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Description control area

Description identifier

LK-NA/KACH/VAVU

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
  • Tamil
  • Sinhala

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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