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, 1936 - Great Britain

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... territory was . In sore straits and knowing Wodehouse to be favourable , Moshesh and his sons Letsie and Molapo petitioned for the British Government to annex their territory . Wodehouse forwarded the petition to the Secretary of State ...
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... territory which Wodehouse had been compelled to abandon in 18641 was at length resumed . From the Kei to the frontier of Natal the whole country was now at long last a part of the Cape Colony . The pressure of similar forces compelled ...
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... territory was administered under martial law by an Administrator . By an Act of the Union Parlia- ment in 1919 the exercise of the mandate was vested in the Governor- General , who by proclamation in 1921 delegated his powers to the ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
South African Rivers
7
Vegetation
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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, 1936
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized1 Dec 2006
  
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