The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 212
... secure against the danger of Government resumption of his land , and naturally he failed to see the advantage of paying a considerably higher rent . During the first year not a single application for con- version was received . On the ...
... secure against the danger of Government resumption of his land , and naturally he failed to see the advantage of paying a considerably higher rent . During the first year not a single application for con- version was received . On the ...
Page 427
... secure . Some little coffee was indeed grown , but not enough cotton could be raised to fill the gap caused by the American Civil War . The farmers in the Natal uplands followed the Cape Colony and produced increasing quantities of wool ...
... secure . Some little coffee was indeed grown , but not enough cotton could be raised to fill the gap caused by the American Civil War . The farmers in the Natal uplands followed the Cape Colony and produced increasing quantities of wool ...
Page 551
... secure any share of the duties levied at the Cape ports on goods destined for the Transvaal . Where- fore the republic reverted to its former exclusive policy . But cir- cumstances were rapidly changing in its favour . The Delagoa Bay ...
... secure any share of the duties levied at the Cape ports on goods destined for the Transvaal . Where- fore the republic reverted to its former exclusive policy . But cir- cumstances were rapidly changing in its favour . The Delagoa Bay ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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