The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 151
THE CEDED ISLANDS 151 that a sufficient quantity of negro labourers should be
furnished to work on the fortifications , both Council and Assembly agreed . But
when the former attempted to amend the proposed joint Address to the Governor
...
THE CEDED ISLANDS 151 that a sufficient quantity of negro labourers should be
furnished to work on the fortifications , both Council and Assembly agreed . But
when the former attempted to amend the proposed joint Address to the Governor
...
Page 350
On appeal being made to London , Glenelg , while rejecting the Assembly's
inchoate demand that public officers should be rendered responsible to it ,
agreed to the creation of a Legislative Council distinct from the Executive Council
and was ...
On appeal being made to London , Glenelg , while rejecting the Assembly's
inchoate demand that public officers should be rendered responsible to it ,
agreed to the creation of a Legislative Council distinct from the Executive Council
and was ...
Page 711
The Assembly in 1853 made a new attempt to cut down official salaries by 20 per
cent . and , on its rejection by the ... The relations of the Governor , Sir Charles
Grey , with the Assembly were by this time hopelessly compromised , and the ...
The Assembly in 1853 made a new attempt to cut down official salaries by 20 per
cent . and , on its rejection by the ... The relations of the Governor , Sir Charles
Grey , with the Assembly were by this time hopelessly compromised , and the ...
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