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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In addition the business houses in Cape Town and 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 ...
In addition the business houses in Cape Town and 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 ...
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Natal had already entered upon its long struggle to improve the port of 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 ...
Natal had already entered upon its long struggle to improve the port of 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 ...
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from 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 ...
from 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 ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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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 | 12 Jun 2008 |
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