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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By the Act of 1806 the Company's monopoly had been specifically safeguarded in relation to the Cape ; that is to say , the colony had been totally debarred from participation in eastern trade within the limits of the Company's charter .
By the Act of 1806 the Company's monopoly had been specifically safeguarded in relation to the Cape ; that is to say , the colony had been totally debarred from participation in eastern trade within the limits of the Company's charter .
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Until 1888 , the Cape Colony and Natal both exacted the full customs duty on transit trade to the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and passed none of it on , while the Transvaal herself secured only a trifling revenue on imports ...
Until 1888 , the Cape Colony and Natal both exacted the full customs duty on transit trade to the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and passed none of it on , while the Transvaal herself secured only a trifling revenue on imports ...
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Transport costs inevitably loomed large in all trade questions , par- ticularly during the years of depression , and the ocean shipping services with Europe came under severe public criticism . Mining development depended upon the ...
Transport costs inevitably loomed large in all trade questions , par- ticularly during the years of depression , and the ocean shipping services with Europe came under severe public criticism . Mining development depended upon the ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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