The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... officer " . 66 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 ...
... officer " . 66 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 ...
Page 294
... officers should have been required to furnish certificates that " the several officers were living at the respective times they were paid " , and that in 1763 the Treasury should " have ordered all the officers belonging to the Customs ...
... officers should have been required to furnish certificates that " the several officers were living at the respective times they were paid " , and that in 1763 the Treasury should " have ordered all the officers belonging to the Customs ...
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... officers resided in Great Britain , and so consistently did their poorly paid deputies in the colonies wink at breaches of the Acts of Trade that the whole revenue collected by them did not amount to £ 2000 . This sum it cost the ...
... officers resided in Great Britain , and so consistently did their poorly paid deputies in the colonies wink at breaches of the Acts of Trade that the whole revenue collected by them did not amount to £ 2000 . This sum it cost the ...
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