The Colombo Journal

The Colombo Journal was a short-lived English-language bi-weekly newspaper in Ceylon. The newspaper started on 1 January 1832 with George Lee as editor.^[1][2] George Lee was the Superintendent of the Government Press and later Postmaster General.^[3] The newspaper had the support of the government and Governor Robert Wilmot-Horton.^[3][4] Apart from Horton and Lee other senior government officials who wrote for the newspaper included the governor's private secretary Henry Tufnell and George Turnour.^[5] Criticism of the British government led to the newspaper being closed by the Colonial Office on 31 December 1833.^[2][6]

The Colombo Journal

Type	Bi-weekly newspaper
Founded	1 January 1832 (1832-01-01)
Language	English
Ceased publication	31 December 1833 (1833-12-31)
Country	Ceylon
OCLC number	42284480
List of newspapers

References

1. (PDF). Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon. XXXI (4): 147. April 1942. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23.
2. Martyn, John H. (1923). Notes on Jaffna - Chronological, Historical, Biographical (PDF). Tellippalai: American Ceylon Mission Press. p. 205. ISBN 81-206-1670-7.
3. "Significant events in May: An English newspaper". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 April 2006.
4. Indrajit Banerjee, Stephen Logan, ed. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. p. 447. ISBN 9789814136105.
5. Arnold Wright, ed. (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 301. ISBN 81-206-1335-X.
6. Mendis, G. C. (May 1946). Ceylon Under the British (2nd (revised) ed.). Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries' Co. Ltd. p. 55.