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JOURNAL, E.A.S. (CEYLON). [VoL. XXII. 
" The Northern Province shall consist of the country 
hitherto known as the districts of Jaffna, Mannar, and the 
Wanny ; as the Dessavony of Nuwarakalawiya ; and as the 
Island of Delft. 
" The Southern Province shall consist of the country hitherto 
known as the districts of Galle, Tangalle, Matura, and Ham- 
bantotte ; as the Dessavony of Saffragam, and as the Province 
of Lower Uva and Welasse. 
" The Eastern Province shall consist of the country hitherto 
known as the districts of Trincomalie and Batticaloa ; and as 
the Provinces of Tamankadewe and Bintenne. 
' ' The Western Province shall consist of the country hitherto 
known as the districts of Colombo, Chilaw, and Putlam; as 
the Dessavonies of Seven Korales, Four Korales, and Three' 
Korales ; and as the Province of Lower Bulatgama. 
' ' The Central Province shall consist of the country hitherto 
known as the districts of Kandy, Yattinuwara, Udunuwara^ 
and Harasiapattoo, Tumpane, Dumhara, Hewahette, Kotmaley 
Upper Bulatgamme, and Weyeloowa ; and as the Dessavonies 
of £7m, Matelle, Udapalata, and Wallapana.^^ 
VI. 
The expression in the Ordinance No. 12 of 1840, section 6, 
" Districts formerly comprised in the Kandyan Provinces," 
therefore, emphasises the fact that since the Proclamation 
of October 1, 1833, there were no longer in law any provinces 
that could be called the Kandyan Provinces, and means the 
territory covered by the Dissavanis and Ratas enumerated 
by Sir John D'Oyly (pp. 106-7 supra), and the divisions set 
out in the Proclamation of November 21, 1818 (pp. 111-12), 
the western boundary between the Kandyan and Maritime 
Provinces being the Kompas-para referred to at p. 107. 
The conclusion I have arrived at I have since found to be 
supported by an old map of Ceylon in the possession of the 
Surveyor-General. It was prepared in 1822 by the then 
Surveyor- General, Capt. Schneider, and was a few years ago 
