The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain

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... Council proved a dismal failure.1 One cause of this was inherent in the Council's constitution . The unofficial members were too few to outvote the officials in a full Council since the Governor never appointed the maximum number ...
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... Council , for property would not be safe in a House full of " Cobbetts and Hunts " . " 1 In the meantime frontier troubles had put the clock back . At the close of 1850 the most devastating of all the Kaffir wars had broken out.2 ...
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... Council ( continued ) for Asiatic Possessions and Establish- ments , Batavian Republic ( 1800 ) , 195 Bantu tribal , 46-7 ; Pitso , 700 Broad , Cape Colony ( c . 1700 ) , 142–3 Burgerraad ( People's Council ) , q.v .; ( 1836 ) Trekkers ...

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CHAPTER I
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Southern African Rivers
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The Karoo and the Kalahari
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1963
Original fromthe University of California
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