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DATING ERROR IN PAGE FOR PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU

"He joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands in 1946 and was appointed commissioner of the Tea Control and Rubber Control departments."

In fact, Saravanamuttu was made head of the Tea & Rubber control departments much earlier. The minutes of committee meetings of the Colombo Tea Traders Association confirm that he was already Tea Commissioner on 28 August, 1942, and in that capacity conducted negotiations with the CTTA on behalf of the UK Ministry of Food. See Chittambalam, A., 'Tea Men', 2019, Colombo, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

As for the date of his being made Rubber Controller, here is a link to a photo of a 'rubber restriction coupon' signed by him on 1 May 1941: palmyrah (talk) 07:48, 2 October 2019 (UTC)