The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 276
... high cost of the imperial government , the trading monopoly of the East India Company , and the Elizabethan Poor Law . The great Act which abolished slavery in the British Empire was in the main the result of the effective pressure ...
... high cost of the imperial government , the trading monopoly of the East India Company , and the Elizabethan Poor Law . The great Act which abolished slavery in the British Empire was in the main the result of the effective pressure ...
Page 304
... high office , that these were given too much power and too high salaries , and that many of them were absentees . All these charges had some foundation . After the Napoleonic wars a number of generals had to be given appoint- ments and ...
... high office , that these were given too much power and too high salaries , and that many of them were absentees . All these charges had some foundation . After the Napoleonic wars a number of generals had to be given appoint- ments and ...
Page 791
... high rate of wages and salaries of European superintendents and overheads more than counterbalanced the advantages . Few railways made enough to repay the guaranteed interest of 5 per cent.1 Freight , of course , was an important ...
... high rate of wages and salaries of European superintendents and overheads more than counterbalanced the advantages . Few railways made enough to repay the guaranteed interest of 5 per cent.1 Freight , of course , was an important ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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