A History of New South, Wales: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1846 - 344 pages |
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... purchase their retirement , and return to England . Accompanied with this view of their circumstances , was the wish to form amongst themselves , and to cultivate amongst their own class of free civilians , the frame and amenities of ...
... purchase their retirement , and return to England . Accompanied with this view of their circumstances , was the wish to form amongst themselves , and to cultivate amongst their own class of free civilians , the frame and amenities of ...
Page 54
... purchase only one sovereign , or twenty shillings sterling , or the value of it , in a draft on the Treasury . At the very same time that this impro- vident result was effected by the government in the value of money , the distress ...
... purchase only one sovereign , or twenty shillings sterling , or the value of it , in a draft on the Treasury . At the very same time that this impro- vident result was effected by the government in the value of money , the distress ...
Page 64
... purchased largely of the older proprietors sheep and cattle , wherewith to stock the company's im- mense grants . The improving market thus opened for the dis- posal of surplus stock , considerably raised the value of sheep and cattle ...
... purchased largely of the older proprietors sheep and cattle , wherewith to stock the company's im- mense grants . The improving market thus opened for the dis- posal of surplus stock , considerably raised the value of sheep and cattle ...
Page 65
... purchasing far more than they could manage , and accumulated debts of which it ultimately became impossible to pay either principal or interest . It was imagined that the growth of the wool from the sheep of the colony was to produce ...
... purchasing far more than they could manage , and accumulated debts of which it ultimately became impossible to pay either principal or interest . It was imagined that the growth of the wool from the sheep of the colony was to produce ...
Page 66
... purchases in stock fell due and had to be paid . Buyers and sellers when they came to press each other , found how delusive had been their specula- tions : credit was shaken - confidence was lost- and a panic ensued . To aggravate the ...
... purchases in stock fell due and had to be paid . Buyers and sellers when they came to press each other , found how delusive had been their specula- tions : credit was shaken - confidence was lost- and a panic ensued . To aggravate the ...
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