The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Coal and gold had been discovered in the valleys of the Buller and the Grey , and Haast's task , therefore , was to find a practicable route from Nelson to the mining districts . Exploring the difficult country in which such men as ...
Coal and gold had been discovered in the valleys of the Buller and the Grey , and Haast's task , therefore , was to find a practicable route from Nelson to the mining districts . Exploring the difficult country in which such men as ...
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THE GOLD RUSHES 153 60 per cent . , until the census of 1886 revealed that the decline noticeable in the previous census was not a passing incident . From that time till the present , the tendency for the balance of population to shift ...
THE GOLD RUSHES 153 60 per cent . , until the census of 1886 revealed that the decline noticeable in the previous census was not a passing incident . From that time till the present , the tendency for the balance of population to shift ...
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The stimulus due to the gold rushes in the ' sixties was of the nature of a boom , and when the first alluvial gold began to be worked out , there were signs of coming depression . Imports , which had been consistently greater in value ...
The stimulus due to the gold rushes in the ' sixties was of the nature of a boom , and when the first alluvial gold began to be worked out , there were signs of coming depression . Imports , which had been consistently greater in value ...
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Contents
Geographical Divisions | 5 |
Social Organisation | 11 |
The Early Settlements | 17 |
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action affairs already arrived Assembly Auckland Australia banks became become Board British Canterbury Captain carried caused chief claims coast colonists colony Company considerable Cook Council districts Dominion early economic effect England established European experiment fact farming force further given gold Government Governor Grey hand House Imperial important increased industry influence interest Journal labour land later legislation less letters Lord Maoris March measure ment military ministers missionaries native nature Nelson North Office organisation Otago party passed period political population present production proposed protection provinces purchase question race relating Representatives responsible result returned secure settlement settlers ship social South Island success Taranaki tion took trade troops Wakefield wars Wellington whole Zealand
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 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 Virginia |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2008 |
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