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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... later ( 1788 ) the British output of pig is supposed not to have been more than about 68,000 tons , though there had been marked progress during the later ' seventies and the ' eighties , especially in the supersession of charcoal ...
... later ( 1788 ) the British output of pig is supposed not to have been more than about 68,000 tons , though there had been marked progress during the later ' seventies and the ' eighties , especially in the supersession of charcoal ...
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... later to the wool trade as carpet wools . That the Cape merino wool , which was to take an important place on the international wool market later in the century , was not yet much considered is shown by its omission from the very ...
... later to the wool trade as carpet wools . That the Cape merino wool , which was to take an important place on the international wool market later in the century , was not yet much considered is shown by its omission from the very ...
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... later by the London Missionary Society ; but even here , whilst occupying a fraction of the soil which had once been their own , they were liable to demands for labour from the neighbouring farmers . In South Africa as in the West ...
... later by the London Missionary Society ; but even here , whilst occupying a fraction of the soil which had once been their own , they were liable to demands for labour from the neighbouring farmers . In South Africa as in the West ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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