ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many are those to whom I am indebted for their help and encouragement to me in the writing of this book.

A number of them are in the employment of the Government and shall, therefore, remain nameless. It would hardly be an act of gratitude to jeapordise their careers by naming them.

My good friends at the Bar, Gamini Iriyagolle, Gomin Dayasri and V.W.Kularatne gave freely of their time and knowledge to read through the manuscript, furnish me with information and make so many helpful and critical observations. Dr (Mrs) Ranjini Ratnapala traced for me some invaluable source material. My Secretary Mrs Yvonne Theabold was indefatigable - she worked long hours typing, re-typing and re-re-typing the manuscript on the several occasions on which I revised substantial portions of it, sometimes repeatedly, without demur or even so much as a frown of displeasure. My most sincere thanks to them.

Last but not least I thank the printer Multi-Packs (Ceylon) Limited for a job well done in so very short a time.

S.L.Gunasekara

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