The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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Page 668
... increased cost of material and to the additional provision made for depreciation . During the same period railway and harbour revenue increased from £ 10 million to £ 27 million , so that the surplus of £ 1 million in 1908-9 was ...
... increased cost of material and to the additional provision made for depreciation . During the same period railway and harbour revenue increased from £ 10 million to £ 27 million , so that the surplus of £ 1 million in 1908-9 was ...
Page 792
... increased in 1831 and again in 1840 , the preferential rate was retained until 1860 at one - half the amount payable on the most favoured foreign wine . It was a period of unexampled prosperity for the wine industry of the Cape , but ...
... increased in 1831 and again in 1840 , the preferential rate was retained until 1860 at one - half the amount payable on the most favoured foreign wine . It was a period of unexampled prosperity for the wine industry of the Cape , but ...
Page 805
... increased the capital of the De Beers Company to £ 840,000 . The workings were then 650 feet deep , and , as in the Kimberley mine , open working had to be abandoned . With increasing depth came increased diffi- culties in operating ...
... increased the capital of the De Beers Company to £ 840,000 . The workings were then 650 feet deep , and , as in the Kimberley mine , open working had to be abandoned . With increasing depth came increased diffi- culties in operating ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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