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 89
Page 463
... land of the colonies " , " the pioneers of modern colonisation slowly worked out a rational system for the distribution of waste lands . Robert Gourlay , in the introduc- tion to his Statistical Account , pleaded for the sale , and ...
... land of the colonies " , " the pioneers of modern colonisation slowly worked out a rational system for the distribution of waste lands . Robert Gourlay , in the introduc- tion to his Statistical Account , pleaded for the sale , and ...
Page 467
... land grants , Wakefield's main suggestion was a tax of twopence an acre on wild lands , with the alternative that the tax might be paid in land.1 To land still un- granted he proposed to apply with occasional variations the Wakefield ...
... land grants , Wakefield's main suggestion was a tax of twopence an acre on wild lands , with the alternative that the tax might be paid in land.1 To land still un- granted he proposed to apply with occasional variations the Wakefield ...
Page 469
... LAND SALES ACT OF 1842 469 in Stanley's Australian Land Sales Act of 1842 , 1 the result was not something which Wakefield could accept as an expression of his doctrines . At the same time it was certainly not in accordance with ...
... LAND SALES ACT OF 1842 469 in Stanley's Australian Land Sales Act of 1842 , 1 the result was not something which Wakefield could accept as an expression of his doctrines . At the same time it was certainly not in accordance with ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
158 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolition administration Africa American Assembly Australia Barbados Britain British Government British Guiana Canada Canadian Cape capital century Ceylon coast Colonial Office colonists commercial Committee Company constitution convicts cotton Council Court Crown declared 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 industry interest island Jamaica labour land Legislative legislatures London Lord Malta Mauritius ment merchants Ministers mother country Napoleon native naval negroes neutral North Order-in-Council Palmerston Parl Parliament peace Pitt planters political population ports principle Raffles railway reform Report Russell Russia Secretary secure self-government seqq settlement ships Sierra Leone slave trade slavery South Wales Spain St Lucia sugar supply territory tion transportation treaty Trinidad troops United United Kingdom West Indian West Indies Wilberforce Zealand