Sentence:  --Since the first edition was published, I have been told by a late officer of the Ceylon Government, that many years ago, what remained of the Dutch records were removed from the record-room of the Colonial Office to the <WSD>cutcherry</WSD> of the government agent of the western province: where some of them may still be found.] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An administration office in India.