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trates in every part of the Colony. Further, Special Commis- 

 sioners, with powers to enquire into the causes of the riots and 

 to assess damages, began to try cases summarily under Martial 

 Law under the authority of the General. In these circumstances 

 it was suddenly announced about the middle of June that Courts- 

 Martial would try charges of looting and rioting. 



Extract from 

 " The Ceylon Morning Leader" June \2th, 1915. 



Additional District Judges. 



His Excellency the Governor appointed the following gentle-- 

 men to be, in addition to their own duties, additional District 

 Judges for the Judicial Districts noted against their names, with 

 effect from June ist, 1915 : 



Mr. A. C. Allnutt, Colombo; Mr. J. Conroy, Colombo; Mr. 

 C. V. Brayne, Colombo ; Mr. H. M. M. Moore, Colombo ; Mr. 

 R. G. Saunders, Colombo; Mr. E. Rodrigo, Colombo; Mr. N. J. 

 Luddington, Kalutara; Mr. W. A. Weerakoon, Negombo; Mr. 

 V. P. Redlich, Colombo and Negombo; Mr. N. E. Ernst, Colombo, 

 Kegalla, and Ratnapura ; Mr. W. T. Stace, Kandy ; Mr. J. R. 

 Walters, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya; Mr. W. J. L. Rogerson, 

 Kandy; Mr. H. j. V. Ekanayake, Galle; Mr. C. L Wickremesinghe, 

 Kurunegala; Mr. V. Coomaraswamy, Puttalam. 



Temporary Appointments. 



His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the 

 following temporary appointments : 



Mr. H. 0. Fox, to be in addition to his own duties, Additional 

 Government Agent, Western Province, from June 8th. 



Messrs. M. T. Archibald, T. G. Willett and C. H. Collins to 

 be additional Police Magistrates for the Western, Central, South- 

 ern, North-Western, and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, from June 5th. 



Messrs. J. E. de Zoysa and T. K. Carron, to be Additional 

 Police Magistrates, Negombo, from June 5th. 



Mr. John E. de Silva to be, in addition to his own duties, 

 Additional District Judge, Kalutara, from June 5th. 



Messrs. J. V. G. Jayawardene and G. J. Pickthall, to be 

 Justices of the Peace for the district of Kalutara, and Unofficial 

 Police Magistrates for the Judicial District of Kalutara, from 

 Tune 7th. 



Mr. Oswald Balean to be a Justice of the Peace for the District 

 of Kandy, and an Unofficial Police Magistrate for the Judicial 

 District of Kandy, from June srd. 



Mr. G. F. Farquharson, to be a Justice of the Peace for the 

 District of Kandy, and an Unofficial Police Magistrate for the 

 Judicial District of Kandy, from June 5th. 



Mr. R. H. Brodie, to be a Justice of the Peace for the District 

 of Kandy, and an Unofficial Police Magistrate for the Judicial 

 District of Kandy, from June 5th. 



Mr. J. G. Hodgson, to be a Justice of the Peace for the District 

 of Nuwara, Eliya, Hatton, and an Unofficial Police Magistrate for 

 the Judicial District of Nuwara, Eliya, Hatton, from June ist. 



