The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Page 89
The progress made by the Association in selling land was very slow : less than 15,000 acres had been disposed of by the end of 1852. This was far less than a tenth of the amount which it had contracted with the New Zealand Company to ...
The progress made by the Association in selling land was very slow : less than 15,000 acres had been disposed of by the end of 1852. This was far less than a tenth of the amount which it had contracted with the New Zealand Company to ...
Page 193
The compulsory provisions of the Land for Settlements Act assumed less importance after John McKenzie's retirement , were much less used after 1907 , and , after Massey's accession to power in 1912 , purchase by the ordinary methods of ...
The compulsory provisions of the Land for Settlements Act assumed less importance after John McKenzie's retirement , were much less used after 1907 , and , after Massey's accession to power in 1912 , purchase by the ordinary methods of ...
Page 250
Class barriers are not so marked as in Great Britain and there is a looser assortment of social grades , due to the reaction of innate abilities to surroundings less rigid than the emigrants left behind in ...
Class barriers are not so marked as in Great Britain and there is a looser assortment of social grades , due to the reaction of innate abilities to surroundings less rigid than the emigrants left behind in ...
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