The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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After R. D. Hanson , one of the Company's agents , had bought from the inhabitants tracts of land in the Chatham Islands ( June 18401 ) a more elaborate plan was propounded . It was decided to sell these islands to a German colonisation ...
After R. D. Hanson , one of the Company's agents , had bought from the inhabitants tracts of land in the Chatham Islands ( June 18401 ) a more elaborate plan was propounded . It was decided to sell these islands to a German colonisation ...
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66 Lord John Russell and the Company.1 Under its terms the Company was to receive as many acres of land as shall be equal to four times the number of pounds sterling which they shall be found to have expended " on the work of ...
66 Lord John Russell and the Company.1 Under its terms the Company was to receive as many acres of land as shall be equal to four times the number of pounds sterling which they shall be found to have expended " on the work of ...
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ERRORS OF THE COMPANY 79 Company's hopes , and it exercised a bad influence on the progress of the country because it engendered bitterness and strife between the Company's settlements and the centre of government .
ERRORS OF THE COMPANY 79 Company's hopes , and it exercised a bad influence on the progress of the country because it engendered bitterness and strife between the Company's settlements and the centre of government .
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