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 149
... duties placed the colony at a disadvantage . The position was the same with tanning bark and flax ; while import duties were collected at Sydney on timber , oil and coal , which was merely gathered there for re - export to the United ...
... duties placed the colony at a disadvantage . The position was the same with tanning bark and flax ; while import duties were collected at Sydney on timber , oil and coal , which was merely gathered there for re - export to the United ...
Page 321
... Duties Act of April 1873 , permitting the colonies to make any trade arrangements amongst themselves that they desired . It was then too late . The delay had been fatal to their desire for freer trade . Divided sovereignty had paralysed ...
... Duties Act of April 1873 , permitting the colonies to make any trade arrangements amongst themselves that they desired . It was then too late . The delay had been fatal to their desire for freer trade . Divided sovereignty had paralysed ...
Page 413
... duties , but not differential duties . No duty might be imposed , unless it were " equally imposed on the like article ... from all other countries or places whatsoever " It was expected that the colonies would , like the mother country ...
... duties , but not differential duties . No duty might be imposed , unless it were " equally imposed on the like article ... from all other countries or places whatsoever " It was expected that the colonies would , like the mother country ...
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