The Ceylon Blue Book, 1912 Supplementary

This is the Ceylon Blue Book for 1912, a statistical government publication compiled in the Colonial Secretary's office. It is not a pulp fiction magazine but rather an official reference documenting administrative and demographic data for the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1825 to 1912. The volume contains detailed tables on: population figures by province and year; vital statistics including births, marriages, and deaths; military personnel; cultivated land acreage; land sales and values; government revenue and expenditure; schools; and mortality figures. The work includes a comprehensive index cross-referencing these statistics across multiple administrative categories such as customs returns, shipping, municipalities, prisons, hospitals, and various economic sectors. Financial data are presented in British pounds sterling for earlier periods and rupees from 1889 onward.