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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... native question was a stumbling - block in the path of concession , and in New Zealand control over native affairs was at first reserved . In 1856 Labouchère declined to interfere in the constitutional difficulties of the colony , but ...
... native question was a stumbling - block in the path of concession , and in New Zealand control over native affairs was at first reserved . In 1856 Labouchère declined to interfere in the constitutional difficulties of the colony , but ...
Page 749
... native inhabitants of Ceylon was based essentially on agriculture - above all on the cultivation of rice , though Ceylon normally had to import large quantities of rice , owing to the presence of so many Tamil immigrants who formed the ...
... native inhabitants of Ceylon was based essentially on agriculture - above all on the cultivation of rice , though Ceylon normally had to import large quantities of rice , owing to the presence of so many Tamil immigrants who formed the ...
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... native rulers . In Africa treaties with native rulers were not infrequently made , the purport of which very frequently was unknown or unintelligible to the native chiefs . Australia was considered a res nullius and acquired by ...
... native rulers . In Africa treaties with native rulers were not infrequently made , the purport of which very frequently was unknown or unintelligible to the native chiefs . Australia was considered a res nullius and acquired by ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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