CEYLON AND ITS ADMINISTRATION.
and according to religious belief—
Buddhists we 2,141,404 Christians ... 349,239
Hindus vee 826,826 Mohammedans... 246,118
Others 2.367

Administration, Revenue and Judiciary.
Ceylon belongs to the class of what are known as Crown
Colonies, in which the Crown has the entire control of
legislation, while the administration is carried on by public
officers under the control of the Home Government. It is
administered direct from the Crown by the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, with whom, at the Colonial Office
in Downing street, the Governor communicates on all
matters of State. Locally, the executive and administrative
power is in the hands of the Governor, who is assisted
hy an Executive Council of five official members.
The appointment of Governor is during His Majesty’s
pleasure and is, as a rule, confined to a period of six years
from the date of assumption of duties. The salary attached
fo the office is Rs. 80,000 per annum, with three residences:
the Queen’s House at Colombo, the Pavilion at Kandy, and
she Queen’s Cottage at Nuwara Eliya.
The Executive Council consists of the Lieutenant-Governor
and Colonial Secretary, the Officer Commanding the Troops,
he Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, and the Treasurer.
The Legislative Council consists of the Governor, the above
five Executive Councillors, the Government Agents of the
Western and Central Provinces, two other official and eight
unofficial members appointed by the Governor, viz., one Lowcountry
 Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, one
Burgher, one Mohammedan, one Planting Member, one Mersantile
 Member, and one General European Representative.
Administrative Departments,—The servants of Government
 are divided into “ Civil Servants and other servants of
Government in the Financial, Revenue, Judicial, Ecclesiassical,
 Scientific, Educational, and General Departments.”
The Civil Service.—The Civil Service, which consists of
about 80 members, is in two divisions, the Higher Division
recruited by competitive examination in England, and the
Lower Division to which appointments are made locally by
the Governor. It comprises the Financial, Revenue, and
part of the Judicial Branches, the heads of the Educational
Branch and of two General Departments, viz., the Police
and Prisons Department and the Post Office.
The Scientific Departments of the Government Service are
:he Public Works Department, the Irrigation Department, the
Survey Department, the Forest Department, the Railway Department,
 the Royal Botanic Gardens, and Colombo Museum.