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On arriving at Queen's House, the
Maldivian Representative was formally received by the Governor and his officials. The Representative presented a letter wrapped in silk to the Governor from the Sultan. The presentation took places with two interpreters translating. The Governor would speak in
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November, with the Sultan's state schooner carrying the gifts arriving in Colombo at the end of the monsoon season. An afternoon was fixed and the Maldivian Representative in Colombo boarded the schooner and returned with several
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in 1887 and were carried out annually until 1947 when a new agreement removed the requirement of tributes, however
Maldives remained a British protectorate until 1953 when the sultanate was suspended and the First Republic was declared.
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on foot. The streets would be lined with sightseers.
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