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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 66
Page 484
... estates , naturally left the management in the hands of the island attorneys . Moreover , where estates had been mortgaged to London merchants and the latter had foreclosed , the merchants often preferred to retain the estates ...
... estates , naturally left the management in the hands of the island attorneys . Moreover , where estates had been mortgaged to London merchants and the latter had foreclosed , the merchants often preferred to retain the estates ...
Page 485
... estate , but all goes to keep down a foreign interest account , to pay off mortgages or to be expended upon his support elsewhere . " 1 An inexperienced or inexpert proprietor was most likely to make his estates pay if he left them in ...
... estate , but all goes to keep down a foreign interest account , to pay off mortgages or to be expended upon his support elsewhere . " 1 An inexperienced or inexpert proprietor was most likely to make his estates pay if he left them in ...
Page 728
... estates . Capital was once more forthcoming for the larger properties , while the smaller estates , especially on the less important islands , tended increasingly to pass from absentee to resident owners . Unfortunately , the ...
... estates . Capital was once more forthcoming for the larger properties , while the smaller estates , especially on the less important islands , tended increasingly to pass from absentee to resident owners . Unfortunately , the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolition administration Africa American apprenticeship Assembly Australia Barbados bill Britain British Government British Guiana Canada Canadian Cape capital century Ceylon CHBE coast coffee Colonial Office colonists commercial Company constitution convicts cotton Council Crown Crown Colony defence despatch Dundas Dutch duties East India economic emigration Empire England English established estates European export favour force foreign France French Governor Grey Hansard Ibid immigration imperial important increased India interest island Jamaica labour land Legislative legislatures London Lord Malta Mauritius ment merchants Ministers mother country Napoleon native naval negroes North Palmerston Parl Parliament peace Pitt planters political population ports Raffles railway reform Report Russell Russia Secretary secure Select Committee seqq settlement ships Sierra Leone slave trade slavery South Wales Spain St Lucia sugar supply tion transportation treaty Trinidad troops United United Kingdom West Indian West Indies Wilberforce Zealand