The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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... selection before survey , as administered under the Robertson Act , made the task of the police and the schoolmaster in effecting improvement an uphill and a dangerous one for a full decade . Less obvious , but of deeper significance ...
... selection before survey , as administered under the Robertson Act , made the task of the police and the schoolmaster in effecting improvement an uphill and a dangerous one for a full decade . Less obvious , but of deeper significance ...
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... selection after survey , but gave at first a lease , convertible into freehold on easy payments after three years of residence and sub- stantial improvements . Progress in settlement and cultivation under this Act encouraged the ...
... selection after survey , but gave at first a lease , convertible into freehold on easy payments after three years of residence and sub- stantial improvements . Progress in settlement and cultivation under this Act encouraged the ...
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... selection upon credit , after survey . As usual , with selection came " dummy- ing " , especially in the rich pockets of land in the south - east . A Waste Lands Act in August 18724 threw open to selection after survey the whole ...
... selection upon credit , after survey . As usual , with selection came " dummy- ing " , especially in the rich pockets of land in the south - east . A Waste Lands Act in August 18724 threw open to selection after survey the whole ...
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