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He wished from the beginning to secure a royal charter for the Company , to enable it to exercise powers of government . The first requisite was to secure a large capital . Within two years this was forthcoming , and the United African ...
He wished from the beginning to secure a royal charter for the Company , to enable it to exercise powers of government . The first requisite was to secure a large capital . Within two years this was forthcoming , and the United African ...
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neither Goschen nor Parliament could be persuaded to support financially.1 Knutsford and Salisbury hoped also to place the British missions on Lake Nyasa under the Company's protection . Thus the expansionist power of private enterprise ...
neither Goschen nor Parliament could be persuaded to support financially.1 Knutsford and Salisbury hoped also to place the British missions on Lake Nyasa under the Company's protection . Thus the expansionist power of private enterprise ...
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THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY 175 commissioner was posted to Mashonaland to control the Company's dealings with Lobengula , a native war would be provoked which would jeopardise the security of the Bechuanaland Protectorate .
THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY 175 commissioner was posted to Mashonaland to control the Company's dealings with Lobengula , a native war would be provoked which would jeopardise the security of the Bechuanaland Protectorate .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Cocoa palmoil The Colonial Office preserves peasant economy | 3 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 948 pages |
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