Annual General Report for 1934 on the Economic Social and General Conditions of the Island Ceylon

The Mahavamsa records the invasion of the Tamils from the North and of the coming of Buddhism to Ceylon. [...] Sinhalese and Tamil are the two chief vernacular languages in the Island the former being spoken by the Sinhalese who chiefly inhabit the western central and southern portions of the Island and the latter by the Tamils inhabiting the northern and eastern parts and by the immigrant estate population. [...] The Chief Secretary is ex officio Chairman of the Board and there is also a Vice-Chairman elected by the Board from among the Ministers who is the represenative of the Board in the Council and is styled the Leader of the State Council. [...] The most important function of the Board of Ministers is the preparation of the annual estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Island and of supplementary estimates of expenditure. [...] In general the ' arrivals in the Island are more frequent in the second and the third quarters of the year than in the first and fourth.