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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At that time ( 1761-5 ) the colonies were sending yearly an average of 3100 tons of iron , mostly pig , against a foreign import of 40,900 tons , all wrought bar . Ten years later ( 1771-5 ) the ( colonial average was 4800 tons ...
At that time ( 1761-5 ) the colonies were sending yearly an average of 3100 tons of iron , mostly pig , against a foreign import of 40,900 tons , all wrought bar . Ten years later ( 1771-5 ) the ( colonial average was 4800 tons ...
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Ten years later imports on a commercial scale began . In 1826 , five hundred tons of wool were for the first time imported from “ New Holland " in a single year . Finally , in 1828 , an expert witness told a House of Lords Committee ...
Ten years later imports on a commercial scale began . In 1826 , five hundred tons of wool were for the first time imported from “ New Holland " in a single year . Finally , in 1828 , an expert witness told a House of Lords Committee ...
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Some degree of independence was still possible for the Hottentots if they attached themselves to one of the mission settlements which had been formed by the Moravians , and later by the London Missionary Society ; but even here , whilst ...
Some degree of independence was still possible for the Hottentots if they attached themselves to one of the mission settlements which had been formed by the Moravians , and later by the London Missionary Society ; but even here , whilst ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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