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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The free development of the colony into a self - supporting settlement was constantly obstructed by the special privileges of the Company , until in 1910 after long wrangles an arrangement between the state and the Kolonialgesellschaft ...
The free development of the colony into a self - supporting settlement was constantly obstructed by the special privileges of the Company , until in 1910 after long wrangles an arrangement between the state and the Kolonialgesellschaft ...
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The costs of working made the risk too great for small independent diggers , and joint - stock companies were floated to ... Barnato Bros. in 1880 formed an amalgamation of claims under the name of the Barnato Diamond Mining Company ...
The costs of working made the risk too great for small independent diggers , and joint - stock companies were floated to ... Barnato Bros. in 1880 formed an amalgamation of claims under the name of the Barnato Diamond Mining Company ...
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In London in 1887 he arranged with the firm of Rothschild for financial help in acquiring the French company which had been built up by Messrs Jules Porges et Cie , a diamond - merchanting business founded in Paris in 1869 .
In London in 1887 he arranged with the firm of Rothschild for financial help in acquiring the French company which had been built up by Messrs Jules Porges et Cie , a diamond - merchanting business founded in Paris in 1869 .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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