The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... rix - dollars . On the return of the British in 1806 Sir David Baird added another 83,197 rix - dollars , thus bringing the gross amount in circulation to 2,169,197 rix - dollars.2 So large a currency was far in excess of the needs of a ...
... rix - dollars . On the return of the British in 1806 Sir David Baird added another 83,197 rix - dollars , thus bringing the gross amount in circulation to 2,169,197 rix - dollars.2 So large a currency was far in excess of the needs of a ...
Page 232
... rix - dollars , whereas imports totalled 6,666,244 rix - dollars , thus showing an arrear of remittances due to Great Britain of nearly two million rix - dollars on the year's working.1 The result was an increasing competition at the ...
... rix - dollars , whereas imports totalled 6,666,244 rix - dollars , thus showing an arrear of remittances due to Great Britain of nearly two million rix - dollars on the year's working.1 The result was an increasing competition at the ...
Page 793
... dollars , Dutch guilders and schillings , English crowns and shillings and Indian rupees ) rated in published tariffs . In 1782 , however , the rix- dollar had become the unit of paper currency , and as the amount in circulation ...
... dollars , Dutch guilders and schillings , English crowns and shillings and Indian rupees ) rated in published tariffs . In 1782 , however , the rix- dollar had become the unit of paper currency , and as the amount in circulation ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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