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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Page 218
... capital and efficient labour to satisfactory land , and in both ventures delay in this respect caused distress . Behind all the difficulties was the failure of the Home Government , the pro- moters and the settlers to realise how much ...
... capital and efficient labour to satisfactory land , and in both ventures delay in this respect caused distress . Behind all the difficulties was the failure of the Home Government , the pro- moters and the settlers to realise how much ...
Page 378
... capital . But the boom had depended on the annual introduction of new capital equal to a quarter of the recorded production of the colonies . During the quinquennium 1891 to 1895 , on the contrary , withdrawals from Australia as a whole ...
... capital . But the boom had depended on the annual introduction of new capital equal to a quarter of the recorded production of the colonies . During the quinquennium 1891 to 1895 , on the contrary , withdrawals from Australia as a whole ...
Page 586
... capital . Thus in the three years before the war the debts of the States increased by £ 50,500,000 , of which £ 35,000,000 was raised in London . There is no record of the amount of private capital imported at this time , but no one can ...
... capital . Thus in the three years before the war the debts of the States increased by £ 50,500,000 , of which £ 35,000,000 was raised in London . There is no record of the amount of private capital imported at this time , but no one can ...
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