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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... President elected by direct popular vote for five years . He was assisted by a Council of official and unofficial members , the latter being elected by the Volksraad . The individual functions of the President were few and narrow . He ...
... President elected by direct popular vote for five years . He was assisted by a Council of official and unofficial members , the latter being elected by the Volksraad . The individual functions of the President were few and narrow . He ...
Page 443
... President Brand , Pretorius , Waterboer and Arnot met at the farm Nooitgedacht in an endeavour to reach a settlement . Brand insisted on confining the discussion to the Campbell lands west of the Vaal River ; Arnot as firmly refused to ...
... President Brand , Pretorius , Waterboer and Arnot met at the farm Nooitgedacht in an endeavour to reach a settlement . Brand insisted on confining the discussion to the Campbell lands west of the Vaal River ; Arnot as firmly refused to ...
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... President , as their leader and the successor of their heretical President . Taxes were refused ; the executive was powerless to enforce their collection , or to prevent the fraud and violence with which encroachments were made upon ...
... President , as their leader and the successor of their heretical President . Taxes were refused ; the executive was powerless to enforce their collection , or to prevent the fraud and violence with which encroachments were made upon ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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