No. 63. — 1910.] KANDYAN PROVINCES. 
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and Kegalla. Another Proclamation was issued on March 2, 
1815, after the capture of the Kandyan King, and as a result 
of a Convention held with the chiefs of the Kandyan Pro- 
vinces. This Proclamation declares the dominion of the 
Kandyan Provinces to be vested in the Sovereign of the 
British Empire, and that the administration of civil and 
criminal justice and police over the Kandyan inhabitants of 
the said Province is to be exercised according to established 
forms and by the ordinary authorities, but does not specify 
the names or limits of those Provinces. (Legislative Acts of 
the Ceylon Government, 1853, vol. I., p. 179.) 
The Constitution and administration remained unaltered, 
except that a resident on behalf of the King of Britain was 
placed at the head, viz., Mr. (afterwards Sir) John D'Oyly, 
assisted by Mr. Simon Sawers as First Assistant to the Resident 
and Agent of Government at Badulla, and by Mr. Henry 
Wright as Second Assistant and Agent of Government at 
Kandy. 
Under the Minute of April 28, 1815, the Kandyan Pro- 
vinces were divided into five divisions and placed under the 
administration of a Board consisting of a President, a Judicial 
Commissioner, and a Revenue Commissioner, with the Com- 
manding Officer of the Troops in the interior. This Board, 
with the Adigars and principal chiefs, formed the Great 
Court of Justice, from whose sentence there was no appeal, 
except to the Governor. The civil authority was exercised 
as before by the native Dissawas. 
I have not been able to trace this Minute, which I quote 
from levers' Manual, North-Central Province, p. 62. It is not 
to be found either in the Kandy Kachcheri or in the Colonial 
Secretary's Office. The Acting Government Agent of Kandy, 
Mr. Hellings , has kindly supplied me with a copy of a warrant or 
commission dated September 30, 1816, establishing the Board 
and prescribing its duties. The warrant is printed in the 
Appendix. The Board, it will be seen, does not include the 
Commanding Officer of the Troops, but only the Resident 
(John D'Oyly), the Accredited Agent in charge of Judicial 
business (James Gay), and Accredited Agent in charge of 
