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***Articles from the ''Journal of the Dutch Burger Union of Ceylon'': "The Boers At Diyatalawa" by E. H. Van Der Wall Volume XVIII January 1929 No 3. "The Boer Prisoner-Of-War In Ceylon (1900 – 1902)" by R. L. Brohier in Five Parts. Volume XXXVI July 1946 No 1 to Volume XXXVIII July 1947 No 1. The last Part includes a list of deaths. "Addendum.The Boer Prisoners Of War In Ceylon" by L.G. Poulier. List of Boer War Prisoners who died in Ceylon received from the Anglo Boer War Museum
*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=85&sid=3ba2b45b2204fd1fd9352f5813c23bd1 HMS Highflyer [Royal Air Force and Royal Navy In Ceylon c 1943<nowiki>]</nowiki>] lankalibrary.com.
*[https://www.rmindianoceanww2.co.uk/index.htm Royal Marines in the Indian Ocean]. A subset of the website ''Burma Campaign''. This web site presents histories of Royal Marines units that served on islands in the Indian Ocean, in Ceylon, India, Burma and South-East Asia during World War 2. Few Royal Marines came face-to-face with the Japanese in combat but they played a vital role in constructing and defending bases important to the success of the campaign in Burma.
*1941-1945 Eastern Travels, Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. in India and Ceylon. WW2People’s War. The author's posting to Ceylon is covered in [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a4427985.shtml Part 3], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a4428038.shtml Part 4], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/83/a4428083.shtml Part 5], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a4428173.shtml Part 6].
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/499443.html A tale of two Mutinies: The Indian Ocean 1942] by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows. Includes the mutiny by a detachment of No 1 Coast Regiment of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island, one of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
*[https://diglib.natlib.lk/home National Digital Library Sri Lanka] including [https://diglib.natlib.lk/communities/86a43aa6-efe4-4e85-9190-a97b94cba751 ''Ceylon Government Gazettes''] from 1889 (as at 2023/04), but only some publication may be available for any given year. The website contains a Search, then relevant editions may be downloaded as a pdf. In the past some other publications required prior registration, and then a pdf had to be requested, but it is unclear if this still applies, but the ''Gazettes'' appear to be available without prior registration.
*''Ceylon Calendar'', published 1814-1830 was followed by ''Ceylon Almanac and Compendium of Useful Information'', published 1833-1839 and 1844-1850. Continued as ''Ceylon Calendar and Compendium of Useful Information'' 1840-1843 and ''Ceylon Almanac and Annual Register'' 1851-1862.
:Available on Archive.org [https://archive.org/search?query=%28Almanac%29+AND+title%3A%28Ceylon+%29&sort=date ''Ceylon Almanac''] and [https://archive.org/search?query=%28Calendar%29+AND+title%3A%28Ceylon+%29&sort=date ''Ceylon Calendar''], (together) a broken range '''1818 to 1868''', and includes most editions following.:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00991433a?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 '''1818'''] includes [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00991433a?urlappend=%3Bseq=259 page 217, MBD for 1817] Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://archive.org/details/b28742680 '''1827'''] Archive.org; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d009914348?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 '''1829'''] includes [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d009914348?urlappend=%3Bseq=316 page 264, MBD in 1828] HathiTrust; [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=2H8w57Ra1VcC&pg=PT4 '''1830'''] Google Books; [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102333835 '''1834''' and '''1835'''] Hathi Trust; [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=oGk9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 '''1836'''] Google Books, [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnybq7?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 1836] HathiTrust; [https://books.google.com/books?id=BIbYsr345xAC&pg=PP5 '''1837'''] Google Books, [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822043012707?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 1837] HathiTrust; [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-24678246/view?partId=nla.obj-24738158#page/n2/mode/1up '''1839'''] Scroll to [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-24678246/view?partId=nla.obj-24744009#page/n47/mode/1up digital page 48] for The Companion” which contains the Civil List etc. nla.gov.au; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GFFJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 '''1847'''] Poor quality print. Google Books; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MenJ_aEHy20C&pg=PA1 '''1855'''] Google Books, [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d009914372?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 1855] HathiTrust; [https://www.scribd.com/document/331196165/Ceylon-Almanac-And-Annual-register-1856-William-Skeen-Government-Printer-Colombo-Ceylon '''1856'''] scribd.com, [https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/other-publications/ 1856] Scroll to listing and downloadread online. historyofceylontea.com.
:The [[British Library]] holds similar publications under various titles such as ''Ceylon Calendar'' and ''Ceylon Almanac'' from 1814 to 1862 (broken range), see UIN: BLL01002830047 . In the past there was a microfiche series from Brill (IDC Publishers), I-900/2 (132 microfiche) which perhaps may still be available at some libraries.
*''Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories'' from '''1871 to 1999''' (broken range) and other online publications are available on [http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea], accessible from the Home Page, category Publications & Articles.
*Article: [http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2017/10/15/focus/ceylon-blue-books "The Ceylon Blue Books"] by Dilini Liyanage 15 October 2017 sundayobserver.lk. Gives details of the contents which can be expected. Note there was a separate ''Ceylon Civil List'' from 1863, however it seems there was a Civil List as part of the ''Blue Book'' to 1917 inclusive. The separate publication has not been viewed but possibly may have been more extensive.
:*There are editions from 1863 of ''The Ceylon Civil List'' at the British Library UIN: BLL01000649015, but missing some editions.
*'''[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28%22Ceylon+Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Ceylon Blue Book'' at Archive.org]'''. Currently (April 2023) includes all the yearly editions mentioned below, from 1866 to 1938, broken range.
:[http://repo.statistics.gov.lk/handle/1/432 ''Ceylon Blue Book, 1916''] Pdf download Digital Library Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
:[https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/ceylon-blue-book-26318831/ ''The Ceylon Blue Book''] for 1866, 1868-1869, 1871, 1877 then a broken range 1896-1926. Searchable, read online or download. To read particular pages online, it may be necessary to navigate via the thumbnail images. Jstor.org, South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) Collection.
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld29phil#page/224/mode/2up "Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States"] page 225 ''The India Rubber World'' April 1, 1904 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833 ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright 1908 Archive.org Ceylon, [[Malaysia|Malaya]], [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2024706 ''Rubber-Planter's Notebook''] by Frank Braham 1911. Pdf download KrishiKosh, Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System. Full title: ''The Rubber Planter's Notebook : a handy book of reference on Para rubber planting with hints on the maintenance of health in the tropics and other general information of utility to the rubber planter : specially designed for use in the field''by Frank Braham 1911. [https://archive.org/stream/naturejournal88londuoft#page/242/mode/2up Review], page 242 ''Nature'' December 21, 1911 Archive.org
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19131129&id=68xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3954,3399845&hl=en Select page 4, Column 4 for the article "On a Rubber Estate"] ''The Glasgow Herald'' Nov 29, 1913. Google Newspapers. A trainee planter was known as a Creeper.
*''A Creeper in Ceylon'' by C V Warren [https://archive.org/details/wide-world-mag-1929-v62/page/413/mode/2up ''Part 1''] and [https://archive.org/details/wide-world-mag-1929-v62/page/431/mode/2up ''Part 2''] pages 413-420 and pages 431-436 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 62 1928-1929 November-April''. Archive.org. The author worked on tea estates.
: From the same website, under Publications and Articles /Other Publications are many miscellaneous titles, mainly relating to tea and rubber, including
::[http://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/other-publications/the-pioneers-1825-1900-the-early-british-tea-and-coffee-planters-and-their-way/quick-view/index.php ''The Pioneers 1825 - 1900 : The Early British Tea and Coffee Planters and Their Way of Life''] by John Weatherstone. 1986. historyofceylontea.com. Also available as [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3201 a pdf download, Repositori Digital], digital repository of the National Library of Malaysia.
*''The Tropical Agriculturist And Magazine Of The Ceylon Agricultural Society''. Title varied over time: ''The Tropical Agriculturist : Journal Of The Ceylon Agricultural Society''; ''The Tropical Agriculturist : The Agricultural Journal Of Ceylon''. Volume 15 has additional title: ''A Monthly Record Of Information For Planters of Tea, Coffee, Cacao, Cinchona, Sugar, Rubber, Tobacco, Palms, Spices, Rice, And Other Products Suited For Cultivation In Tropics. :Pdf downloads KrishiKosh: Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/simple-search?location=&query=%22Tropical+Agriculturist%22&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=ASC&etal=0&submit_search=Update Page A] and [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/simple-search?query=%22Tropical+Agriculturist%22&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc&rpp=100&etal=0&start=100 Page B]. Editions from 1881 to 1960 (broken range). [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Tropical+Agriculturist+%29&sort=-date Archive.org editions, mainly some, but not all, mirror files from Digital Library of India]
*Other Industries
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=D6QTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Account of the Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon''] by James Steuart, Master Attendant at Colombo… and formerly Inspector of Pearl Banks 1843 Google Books.
