PERSONAL NOTES. 



I am a Sinhalese by nationality, and members 

 of my family have occupied for many years positions 

 of trust and responsibility under the Crown. I am 

 a Member of the Bar, being an Advocate of the 

 Supreme Court of Ceylon, and a Barrister-at-Law 

 of the Middle Temple, practising my profession in 

 Ceylon for the last fifteen years. 



I had the privilege, in 1909, of being received 

 by Colonel SEELY, then under- Secretary of State for 

 the Colonies, on behalf of LORD CREWE, then His 

 Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. 



I am one of the Counsel in the Gampola 

 Perahera Case, and in the matter of the arrest and 

 application for release of Mr. W, A. DE SILVA. 



