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Appendix A.

MR. W. DURAISWAMY, MEMBER OF THEe Legislative COUNCIL, TO

SIR P. RAMANATHAN, COLOMBO.

TELEGRAM.

As my wife and two children are ill, I am unable leave for Colombo. I am in agreement your scheme re Singhalese Tamil proportion; provision for Colombo Tamils and other minorities approved. On principle, am opposed to nominated

seats. I desire officials reduced to ten or under.DURAISWAMY,

Appendix B.

THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CEYLON.

Chamber of Commerce Buildings, P.O. Box No. 274, Colombo,

6th March, 1922.

THE Council of The European Association of Ceylon accepts the scheme of Reform formulated in the foregoing joint Memorandum.

Appendix C.

TOM VILLIERS,

President.

THE Committee of the Ceylon Burgher Electorate Association accept the scheme of Reform formulated in the foregoing Joint Memorandum.

(Signature illegible.)

President Ceylon Burgher Electorate Association.

Appendix D.

THE following Resolution was unanimously passed at a meeting of the Com- mittee of the Jaffna Association held in Jaffna on the 20th February, 1922, at

p.m. :-

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The Committee of the Jaffna Association unanimously accepts the scheme of allocation of Legislative Council seats adopted at a Conference of Minorities, held in Colombo on the 9th instant, providing for a Council of 45 members, composed of 12 officials, 3 nominated unofficials, 19 territorial members (of whom 13 in the seven Singhalese Provinces, and 6 in the two Tamil Provinces), and 11 elected communal members, including one Tamil member in the city of Colombo."

A. SAPAPATHY, President Jaffna Association.

Appendix, F.

MR. L. P. SPENCER, SECRETARY, Tamil Mahajane Sabhai, to SIR P. RAMANATHAN,

COLOMBO.

(Received 20th February, 1922.)

TELEGRAM.

COMMITTEE all Ceylon Tamil Mahajane Sabhai unanimously accepts scheme of allocation Legislative Council seats. adopted at Conference of Minorities held in Colombo on 9th instant, providing for Council of 45 members, composed of 12 officials, 3 nominated unofficials, 19 territorial members, of whom 4 for Western Province, 2 for Central, 3 for Southern, 1 for North-Western, 1 for Sabaragamuwa, 1 for Uva, 1 for North Central, 4 for Northern, and 2 for Eastern; and 11 elected communal members, composed of 3 European members, 2 Burgher. 3 Mohammedan, 2 Indian, and 1 Tamil member in Colombo. In the opinion of this Committee this scheme is a reasonable and workable one, and must satisfy aspirations of all com- munities.-L. P. SPENCER. Secretary Tamil Mahajane Sabhai.

Appendix G.

MR. A. SAPAPATHY TO SIR P. Ramanathan, COLOMBO.

TELEGRAM.

RETURNING here Sunday, and being in indifferent health am unable to join deputation scheme allocating Council seats adopted at Minorities Conference. Has my unqualified approval. Its acceptance by Mahajane Sabhai and Jaffna Associa- tion wired yesterday to Private Secretary and you.-SAPAPATHY.

Appendix H.

MR. A. SAPAPathy, President, Jaffna AsSOCIATION, TO SIR P. RAMANATHAN,

COLOMBO.

(Received 20th February, 1922.)

TELEGRAM.

COMMITTEE Jaffna Association unanimously accepts scheme of allocation Legislative Council seats adopted at Conference of Minorities, held in Colombo on 9th instant, providing for Council of 45 members, composed of 12 officials, 3 nomin- ated unofficials, 19 territorial members of whom 13 in seven Singhalese Provinces, and 6 in two Tamil Provinces, and 11 elected communal members, including 1 Tamil member in Colombo.-A. SAPAPATHY.

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Appendix E.

Colombo, 20th February, 1922. WE hereby agree to the scheme of representation which we understand has been adopted by the members of the Legislative Council who represent the European, Burgher, Tamil, Mohammedan and Indian communities, and in which we, the Moors, have been given three members to be elected by ourselves to represent us in Council.

On behalf of "Ceylon Muslim Association,"

M. KAMERCASSIM. "The Moors Union,"

I. L. M. Mohamed YusOF. (and another signature illegible). The Mohammedan Association,

C. W. MURAN.

(No. 159.)

SIR,

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 24th April, 1922.)

[Answered by No. 13.]

The Queen's Cottage, Nuwara Eliya, 1st April, 1922. AT the request of the Executive Committee of the Ceylon National Congress

I have the honour to forward a Memorial from that body addressed to you.

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As regards paragraph 2, it is incumbent upon me to point out that since the Memorial of 1909 (Appendix A) was written considerable modification of the views then held has taken place. For instance, in the Jaffna Memorial, dated 13 years ago, it is set out that "the unofficial and the official element be equalised." The position to-day is that the unofficial element is in the majority in the present Council, and the proposals under consideration would appear to indicate that it is held that the territorially elected members, who are stated to represent nine-tenths of the

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