No. 63. — 1910.] K ANDY AN PROVINCES. 
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discovered in turning oat some old records in the loft.* In 
this map the Kandyan Provinces are indicated as consisting 
of the divisions I have mentioned. A copy of the map is 
attached to this Paper. 
As to the history of the Kandyan Provinces subsequent 
to 1833 :— 
In 1837 Bintenna was transferred from the Eastern to the 
Central Province, and in 1845 the district of Alupota, which 
consisted of Lower iJva and Wellassa, was added from the 
Southern Province. The Central Province, so constituted, 
remained till 1886, when Bintenna east of the Mahaweli-ganga, 
Wellassa, and iJva were formed into a separate Province 
called the Province of iJva. 
In 1839 the district of Alupota was subdivided and distri- 
buted among Hambantota, Batticaloa, and Uva districts 
Ceylon Manual," 1910, p. 308). 
In 1845, by Proclamation of October 1, 1845, the Seven 
Korales were, with Chilaw and Puttalam districts, taken from 
the Western Province and formed into a separate Province 
* No record exists in the Surveyor-General's office relating to Captain 
Schneider's map. Captain Schneider was a Military Engineer in the 
service of the Dutch' Government, who served under the British Govern- 
ment imtil his death about 1849 or 1850. From a note on page 259 of 
the ' ' Ceylon Manual " for 1909, he appears to have been employed exten- 
sively on the irrigation works of all the maritime parts of the Island ; 
and he also acted as Civil Engineer and Surveyor-General between 
1812 and 1816. It is presumed that the map which he drew in 1822 
and published in 1826 was compiled from the surveys which he had to 
undertake while making his reports on irrigation, and from the docu- 
ments available in the Department at the time, and that he presented 
the map to the office. The Surveyor-General referred me to the Govern- 
ment Archivist, who. however, had no information regarding Captain 
Schneider's map. 
The first map of the Island of Ceylon prepared after the British 
occupation was, the Government Archivist believes, one issued from the 
office of the Surveyor-General of the Madras Presidency in 1813. This 
is said to have been prepared in response to a private communication 
from Sir Robert Brownrigg to General Abercrombie, and a copy was 
furnished to the Ceylon Government. The Archivist is not aware if 
this map is extant anywhere. On reference to the Surveyor-General 
as to this map of 1813, he states : " This is the first time I have heard 
of it. I have no copy of it in my possession. There are, I believe, 
some old maps in the Museiim, of which it may be one." The Museum 
authorities, who were consulted, say that the map is not in the 
Museum. 
