A History of New South Wales,: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1846 |
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... evidence of a widely ramified commerce . Who that has ever stood on the boundaries of that wonderful place , has not felt himself carried away by the brilliancy of the contrast we have drawn , and cannot but forgive the digression to ...
... evidence of a widely ramified commerce . Who that has ever stood on the boundaries of that wonderful place , has not felt himself carried away by the brilliancy of the contrast we have drawn , and cannot but forgive the digression to ...
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... evidences in the persons of eman- cipated landed proprietors and farmers of substance and repute . Indeed , as Dr. Lang says in his " Historical Account of New South Wales , " when engaged with the same subject : " During the long ...
... evidences in the persons of eman- cipated landed proprietors and farmers of substance and repute . Indeed , as Dr. Lang says in his " Historical Account of New South Wales , " when engaged with the same subject : " During the long ...
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... evidence of a complete reformation of character , and who , be- sides , had manifested so hostile a spirit towards themselves . In such a state of things , where one section of the community was at war with the other , the policy of ...
... evidence of a complete reformation of character , and who , be- sides , had manifested so hostile a spirit towards themselves . In such a state of things , where one section of the community was at war with the other , the policy of ...
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... evidence of their respectability . If the applicant was approved , he was then fur- nished with a letter to the Colonial Land Board , appointed by the Governor , whose business it was to enquire into the amount and nature of the ...
... evidence of their respectability . If the applicant was approved , he was then fur- nished with a letter to the Colonial Land Board , appointed by the Governor , whose business it was to enquire into the amount and nature of the ...
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... Evidence of P. L. Campbell , Esq . , Acting - Colonial Treasurer , before Immigration Committee , Question 80 , July 28 , 1840 . * Town allotments in Sydney have been sometimes sold for enormous sums . At the corner of George and OF ...
... Evidence of P. L. Campbell , Esq . , Acting - Colonial Treasurer , before Immigration Committee , Question 80 , July 28 , 1840 . * Town allotments in Sydney have been sometimes sold for enormous sums . At the corner of George and OF ...
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Page 104 - Providence ; and the latter would certainly require more labour than can be obtained in the colony, or immigration profitably supply. Independently of these powerful reasons for allowing dispersion, it is not to be disguised that the Government is unable to prevent it. No adequate measures could be resorted to for the general and permanent removal of intruders from waste lands, without incurring, probably, a greater expense than would be sufficient to extend a large share of the control and protection...
Page 155 - That the colonists have derived many advantages from the transportation of convicts cannot be denied; but the system has brought with it a long train of moral evils, which can only be counteracted by an extensive introduction of free and virtuous inhabitants ; and the only means upon which the colonists can safely rely for accomplishing this vital object is the revenue arising from the sale of lands.