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, 1929 - Great Britain

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... Houses.2 The House of Assembly is elected by direct popular vote for a period of five years , unless earlier dissolved . There must be a session of Parliament once at least in every year . The franchise laws of the several colonies were ...
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... Houses are either nuisances or nullities . " 4 With the conflict raging in Great Britain between the Commons and the Lords before them , the Union House of Assembly was too ready to endorse this view . The Senate did not take kindly to ...
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... Houses . Two of these clauses had entrenched the provincial representation in the House of Assembly until such time as the total number of members should reach 150. The remaining two ? aimed at safeguarding the equality of English and ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
South African Rivers
7
The Karoo and the Kalahari
15

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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, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
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