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 596
... Raffles thought that a payment in money equivalent to about two - fifths of the annual gross rice produce of the soil would prove a suitable and equitable standard of assessment , the cultivator being relieved of all obligations to ...
... Raffles thought that a payment in money equivalent to about two - fifths of the annual gross rice produce of the soil would prove a suitable and equitable standard of assessment , the cultivator being relieved of all obligations to ...
Page 597
... Raffles had been obliged to draw repeatedly on the Government of Bengal ; and this disappointment disturbed both the Indian Government and the Court of Directors.3 Then Raffles found good ground to criticise the conduct of the chief ...
... Raffles had been obliged to draw repeatedly on the Government of Bengal ; and this disappointment disturbed both the Indian Government and the Court of Directors.3 Then Raffles found good ground to criticise the conduct of the chief ...
Page 599
John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. RAFFLES'S POLICY 599 predecessor , compounding for the slaughter of their countrymen by a fine of 500,000 dollars . Raffles had entered into a treaty with ...
John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. RAFFLES'S POLICY 599 predecessor , compounding for the slaughter of their countrymen by a fine of 500,000 dollars . Raffles had entered into a treaty with ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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