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SELF - GOVERNING COLONIES AND DEFENCE 431 2 > agitation for a lessening of the burden of colonial expenditure steadily grew , as England's apprehension of foreign entanglements increased . 1 A Select Committee on colonial military ...
SELF - GOVERNING COLONIES AND DEFENCE 431 2 > agitation for a lessening of the burden of colonial expenditure steadily grew , as England's apprehension of foreign entanglements increased . 1 A Select Committee on colonial military ...
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... it appears that whereas the number of scholars increased during the first sixteen years of the Union by 113 per cent , the state expenditure increased by 350 per cent , or more than three times as rapidly as the number of students .
... it appears that whereas the number of scholars increased during the first sixteen years of the Union by 113 per cent , the state expenditure increased by 350 per cent , or more than three times as rapidly as the number of students .
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The public debt ( mainly as the result of railway , harbour and other public works construction ) increased in the diamond ... and expenditure expanded fourfold in the decade 1870-80 as the result of the general increase in business .
The public debt ( mainly as the result of railway , harbour and other public works construction ) increased in the diamond ... and expenditure expanded fourfold in the decade 1870-80 as the result of the general increase in business .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
Copyright | |
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administration already annexation authority Boers British called Cape Colony Cape Town cattle cause century Chief claims coast colonists Commissioner Company constitution Council Court districts Durban Dutch early East Eastern effect established European farmers farms followed force Free frontier further German Government Governor hand High Hope Hottentots House imperial important increased India interest labour land later Legislative less Lord March means ment military mines missionaries Natal Native Office Orange Parl Parliament party passed peace political population port Portuguese problem question railway reached regard remained Report republics responsible Rhodes River rule secure settlement settlers slaves soon South Africa Southern Table Bay territory tion took trade Transvaal tribes troops Union Vide whole
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 8 Apr 2016 |
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