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At first his plan was to purchase the Chief's lands himself , but when Kok was already on his way to Nomansland ... Before 1867 it was annexation by the British Government and liberal profits from land speculation which he had in view ...
At first his plan was to purchase the Chief's lands himself , but when Kok was already on his way to Nomansland ... Before 1867 it was annexation by the British Government and liberal profits from land speculation which he had in view ...
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produce of an equal volume would hardly have taken place without the changes that were made in the system of land tenure . In 1795 , almost the whole of the quarter of the total revenue that the Government derived from land was in ...
produce of an equal volume would hardly have taken place without the changes that were made in the system of land tenure . In 1795 , almost the whole of the quarter of the total revenue that the Government derived from land was in ...
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Too little land in South Africa does not mean altogether a deficiency of acres ; mere extent is a notoriously misleading index to the value of land in the subcontinent . Irregular and deficient rainfall , stretches of sandy , rocky or ...
Too little land in South Africa does not mean altogether a deficiency of acres ; mere extent is a notoriously misleading index to the value of land in the subcontinent . Irregular and deficient rainfall , stretches of sandy , rocky or ...
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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