The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... coffee of the highest quality could be grown in Ceylon . The creation of the coffee industry , which transformed Ceylon " from a sluggish military cantonment into an enterprising British colony " , was brought about by two main causes ...
... coffee of the highest quality could be grown in Ceylon . The creation of the coffee industry , which transformed Ceylon " from a sluggish military cantonment into an enterprising British colony " , was brought about by two main causes ...
Page 748
... coffee plantations . The organisation of this immigra- tion proved to be a matter of some difficulty . In 1858 an Ordinance was passed constituting an Immigrant Labour Commission and setting up a Government Agent in India to organise ...
... coffee plantations . The organisation of this immigra- tion proved to be a matter of some difficulty . In 1858 an Ordinance was passed constituting an Immigrant Labour Commission and setting up a Government Agent in India to organise ...
Page 749
... coffee £ 374,721 , but as more and more of the best lands available fell into the hands of the planters the balance swung very heavily in favour of the latter , and from 1856 onwards plantation coffee bulked much larger than native coffee ...
... coffee £ 374,721 , but as more and more of the best lands available fell into the hands of the planters the balance swung very heavily in favour of the latter , and from 1856 onwards plantation coffee bulked much larger than native coffee ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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