The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... acres of land , on condition that they spent 1s . 6d . per acre in sending out 10,000 settlers and the requisite ... acres at 1s . 6d . and limited the priority of choice to only 250,000 acres . The terms were also extended to ...
... acres of land , on condition that they spent 1s . 6d . per acre in sending out 10,000 settlers and the requisite ... acres at 1s . 6d . and limited the priority of choice to only 250,000 acres . The terms were also extended to ...
Page 218
... acres , and the towns in allotments of 10 acres , which were let on leases of twenty - one years . In addition , the Government granted an acre near a township for every 1000 acres of country land . So simple was the system and so good ...
... acres , and the towns in allotments of 10 acres , which were let on leases of twenty - one years . In addition , the Government granted an acre near a township for every 1000 acres of country land . So simple was the system and so good ...
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... acres.1 Hailed as a master key to rapid settlement , the via media of 1868 soon broke down on the usual obstacle " dummying " . By 1874 , half of the three million acres sold had gone to 267 persons , and only go of them were not ...
... acres.1 Hailed as a master key to rapid settlement , the via media of 1868 soon broke down on the usual obstacle " dummying " . By 1874 , half of the three million acres sold had gone to 267 persons , and only go of them were not ...
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