The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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But the handling of this new labour problem suggests that ideas of policy were in some confusion and administration lax . In 1828 General Bourke sought to take control by an Ordinance , No. 49 , authorising field - cornets to issue ...
But the handling of this new labour problem suggests that ideas of policy were in some confusion and administration lax . In 1828 General Bourke sought to take control by an Ordinance , No. 49 , authorising field - cornets to issue ...
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Meantime a locations commission had been constituted in terms of the Pretoria Convention to deal with what was in the Transvaal the most pressing aspect of the native problem the demarcation of areas as native reserves .
Meantime a locations commission had been constituted in terms of the Pretoria Convention to deal with what was in the Transvaal the most pressing aspect of the native problem the demarcation of areas as native reserves .
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But here again the Boers ' problem was the simpler . They at least knew the ground ; their forces were smaller , more mobile and selfreliant , able to do with less in the way of supplies , and able also to draw those supplies from home ...
But here again the Boers ' problem was the simpler . They at least knew the ground ; their forces were smaller , more mobile and selfreliant , able to do with less in the way of supplies , and able also to draw those supplies from home ...
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Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
Rainfall II | 11 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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