1st Edition

The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

288 Pages

by Routledge

286 Pages

by Routledge

286 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 1939, this volume describes many of the more colourful episodes in the career of Sir Thomas Maitland, while, in its account of his role as governor, it makes a valuable contribution to the study of early colonial history. Maitland was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic... Read more

Part I. 1. Apprenticeship. Part II. 2. The British Occupation. 3. The Kandyan War and the Military Establishment. 4. The Civil Administration. 5. Agriculture and Commerce. 6. Finance. 7. The Judicial Establishment. 8. Religion, Education and Charity. 9. Maitland and the Colonial Office. Part III. 10. The Mastery of the Mediterranean. Part IV. 11. The Plague. 12. The Civil Administration. 13. The Administration of Justice. 14. Agriculture and Commerce. 15. Religion and Education. Part V. 16. The Constitutional Chart. 17. The Religious Establishment. 18. The Progress of Education. 19. The Economic Prosperity of the Islands. 20. Conclusion.