Ceylon Railway Company's Act 1856
WHEREAS a Joint Stock Company has been established by Deed of the Name of "The Ceylon Railway Company," under the Provisions of a Deed of Settlement, bearing Date the Seventh Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, for the Object or Purpose of undertaking the Establishment, Maintenance, and working of Railway Communication between Colombo and Kandy, and other Parts and Places in the Island of Ceylon, and Works in connexion therewith, and the said Company has been complete...