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appointed in the Galboda Korle, Puranakurua Korle, Handapandana 
Korle, Kindigoda Korle, and Beligal Korle, who have authority each over 
the people of their respective Korles. 
But occasionally the washers of two Korles are united under the orders of 
one Vidane Heneya. 
They attend in Kandy on duty for three months, at the beginning of the 
Singalese year, the other nine months’ service being performed in rotation 
by the washermen of the seven Korles of the upper districts, and of Martele, 
three months each. 
Their duty consists in hanging cloths in the Maha Gabadawe, and in the 
different apartments of the palace, in furnishing clean cloths for the tem- 
porary use of the principal attendants of the palace; torches and rags for 
lamps. 
All come at the commencement of the mura to hang the cloths, after 
which, according to arrangements among themselves, one or two Vidane 
Heneya, and a competent number of washermen, remain to perform the 
duty during the period of three months. 
In the desavony they are obliged to hang cloths constantly in the Desave’s 
house, and in all rest houses, temporarily erected for the King’s Ambassa- 
dors or the Desave, and in houses prepared for the reception of the A¢apattu 
Mohoitale and Korales. 
The cloths are provided by themselves, from the emoluments to which 
they are entitled by custom from the inhabitants of the desavony whom they 
serve, consisting of cloths, paddy, or money ; or, if these be insufficient, by 
other means. 
Handabadde. 
These are an inferior class of carpenters, and consist of only six families, 
under the orders of a Vidan. 
Their duty consists in furnishing for the public festivals in Kandy a fixed 
number of couches, stools, and baskets of various kinds, woven with rattans, 
and besides as many baskets as may be occasionally demanded for the 
King’s or Desave’s service. 
They deliver these articles to the Desave, who sends them to the proper 
department in Kandy. 
The Kurwwe or Elephant Department. 
The Kurwwe department is sometimes placed under the Desave of the 
