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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A subsidiary company , the Plymouth Company , had been formed in 1840 , and had sent out two vessels , the William Bryant and the Amelia Thompson , to form the settlement of New Plymouth . The Plymouth Company was merged in the New ...
A subsidiary company , the Plymouth Company , had been formed in 1840 , and had sent out two vessels , the William Bryant and the Amelia Thompson , to form the settlement of New Plymouth . The Plymouth Company was merged in the New ...
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PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENTS 91 artificial stimulation of a new settlement in direct opposition to that of the Company was a severe blow to the Wellington colonists . Admittedly the breach with the Colonial Office had been precipitated ...
PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENTS 91 artificial stimulation of a new settlement in direct opposition to that of the Company was a severe blow to the Wellington colonists . Admittedly the breach with the Colonial Office had been precipitated ...
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This was intended to provide a kind of registration of land until the Crown could sell it for settlement , but it had the effect in the long run of encouraging ' squatting " and checking settlement . 66 Fitzroy , moreover , adopting a ...
This was intended to provide a kind of registration of land until the Crown could sell it for settlement , but it had the effect in the long run of encouraging ' squatting " and checking settlement . 66 Fitzroy , moreover , adopting a ...
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