The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 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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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 ...
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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