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Accordingly, both were established on 19 March 1833 by <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wright85_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wright85-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Executive Council initially consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Governors_of_British_Ceylon" title="Governors of British Ceylon">British Governor</a> (the president of the council) and five other senior British officials: the <a href="/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding,_Ceylon" title="General Officer Commanding, Ceylon">General Officer Commanding</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Ceylon">Colonial Secretary</a> (Principal Secretary), the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Advocate_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Advocate of Ceylon">Kings's Advocate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of 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</p><p>In 1840 the <a href="/wiki/Auditor_General_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Auditor General of Ceylon">Auditor-General</a> replaced the Government Agent for the Central Province on the council and in 1883 the Queen's Advocate post was renamed <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Ceylon">Attorney General</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mills104_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mills104-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Second Manning Reforms of 1924 added four unofficial members to the Executive Council.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1927-8 <a href="/wiki/Donoughmore_Commission" title="Donoughmore Commission">Donoughmore Commission</a> recommended that Ceylon be given limited self-government and the replacement of the Legislative Council and Executive Council with the <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_Ceylon" title="State Council of Ceylon">State Council</a> and Board of Ministers respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accordingly, the Executive Council was abolished in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Outline of Sri Lanka">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bibliography of Sri Lanka">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sri_Lankan_history" title="Timeline of Sri Lankan history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of years in Sri Lanka">Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_period" title="Kandyan period">Kandyan period</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon_period" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ceylon period">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Ceylon_(1795)" 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