Financial Secretary of Ceylon
{{Short description|Officer of the Ceylonese government (1932–1947)}}
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| last = Oliver Goonetilleke
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The financial secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon from 1809 to 1932.{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Arnold|title=Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon|year=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUF_rS8FEoIC&q=Treasurer+of+Ceylon&pg=PA107|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120613355|access-date=22 March 2014}} The post was replaced by the that of financial secretary in 1932, as one of three officers of state of the new Board of Ministers that replaced the Executive Council under recommendations of the Donoughmore Commission.{{cite web |title=1942 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory |url=https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/fergusons-directory/1942-fergusons-ceylon-directory/quick-view/index.php#&gid=1&pid=222 |publisher=Ferguson's Directory |access-date=30 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Evolution of the Office of the Attorney General in Sri Lanka |url=http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.lk/evolution-of-the-office-of-the-ag/ |website=attorneygeneral.gov.lk |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730110954/http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.lk/evolution-of-the-office-of-the-ag/ |url-status=dead }} The financial secretary was in turn replaced by the new office of the Minister of Finance in 1947 under the recommendations of the Soulbury Commission under the Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 and The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947.{{cite web |title=1942 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory |url=https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/fergusons-directory/1942-fergusons-ceylon-directory/quick-view/index.php#&gid=1&pid=222 |publisher=Ferguson's Directory |access-date=30 July 2021}}
Departments
- General Treasury
- Loan Board
- Government Stores Department
- Government Printing Office
- Government Assessor
- Income Tax Department
- Customs
List of financial secretaries
Data based on:
- John Ferguson, Ceylon in the Jubilee Year, J. Haddon and Co.,1887{{cite book|last1=Ferguson|first1=John|title=Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year".|date=1887|publisher=J. Haddon and Co.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ceyloninjubilee01ferggoog/page/n284 256]-7|url=https://archive.org/details/ceyloninjubilee01ferggoog}}
- Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, Plâté limited, 1924{{cite book|title=Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources|date=1924|publisher=Plâté limited|pages=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KU5AQAAIAAJ&q=Templer|access-date=27 April 2016}}
See also
References
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Category:Defunct government positions in Sri Lanka
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