The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... naval officer " . The earliest naval officers in the royal colonies were the governors themselves , and where , as in Barbados and Jamaica , the term " naval office " appears , it undoubtedly meant a clerical office under the governor's ...
... naval officer " . The earliest naval officers in the royal colonies were the governors themselves , and where , as in Barbados and Jamaica , the term " naval office " appears , it undoubtedly meant a clerical office under the governor's ...
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... naval officer presented some difficulties and led to some important variations in practice . The controversy that arose over the King's selecting in 1676 one Abraham Langford as clerk of the naval office in Barbados first raised the ...
... naval officer presented some difficulties and led to some important variations in practice . The controversy that arose over the King's selecting in 1676 one Abraham Langford as clerk of the naval office in Barbados first raised the ...
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... NAVAL STORES ENCOURAGED 575 production of naval stores in the British colonies . The Board of Trade recommended that subsidies should be offered for an initial period at least.1 In 1705 , therefore , an Act was passed which was to ...
... NAVAL STORES ENCOURAGED 575 production of naval stores in the British colonies . The Board of Trade recommended that subsidies should be offered for an initial period at least.1 In 1705 , therefore , an Act was passed which was to ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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