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**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-FISHER-00001/4 Fisher Volume I : Outward journey and Ceylon October-December 1907] Classmark: Fisher 1
**[https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-03022-C-E/146 Photographs of India (Y3022C-E)] Classmark: Y3022C-E . A collection of photographs by Samuel Bourne, Bourne and Shepherd, and Charles Shepherd. Images 146-155 were taken in Ceylon c 1871, or earlier.
*''One hundred best views of Ceylon from photographs taken by the publishers'' Plâté (Plate) & Co, Colombo. c 1900 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/saoa.crl.26422468 Jstor.org version]-to read particular pages online, it may be necessary to navigate via the thumbnail images, download possible; [https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u1307861 University of Virginia version] same digital file, but different book reader for online viewing.
===Historical books online===
*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.
:[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, 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://www.granthsanjeevani.com/jspui/simple-search?location=&query=&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc&rpp=20&etal=0&filtername=location&filtertype=equals&filterquery=Colombo ''Ceylon Blue Book''] for the years 1892 (catalogued 1982), 1900-1901-1902, 1904, 1906, 1912 Supplementary, 1913-1914-1915-1916, 1919. There are also some ''Ceylon Administration Reports''. Granth Sanjeevani, The Asiatic Society, Mumbai. Access to the digital collection requires a paid Membership Plan, unless your Library has a subscription.
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