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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... Durban , sorely depressed by eight drought - stricken years , the effects of which had been deepened by the Basuto war and civil anarchy in the Transvaal , had every reason to look with disapproval upon the efforts of the two republics ...
... Durban , sorely depressed by eight drought - stricken years , the effects of which had been deepened by the Basuto war and civil anarchy in the Transvaal , had every reason to look with disapproval upon the efforts of the two republics ...
Page 451
... Durban , and , by lowering its customs dues , to compete with the Cape ports . In 1876 a State railway was begun to connect Durban with Pietermaritzburg the capital ; but it was long before it was continued through Ladysmith to the ...
... Durban , and , by lowering its customs dues , to compete with the Cape ports . In 1876 a State railway was begun to connect Durban with Pietermaritzburg the capital ; but it was long before it was continued through Ladysmith to the ...
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... Durban was begun by the Natal Government in 1876 to serve the new sugar estates by coast lines . The sugar industry was by then about twenty - five years old . It had been begun perhaps in 1850 by a new settler introduced by Byrne , but ...
... Durban was begun by the Natal Government in 1876 to serve the new sugar estates by coast lines . The sugar industry was by then about twenty - five years old . It had been begun perhaps in 1850 by a new settler introduced by Byrne , but ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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