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... Settlement . The Colonies , with the exception of India and Hudson Bay Territory , are under the control of the Colonial Office . India is managed by the India Board , and Hudson Bay Territory by the company whose name it bears . The ...
... Settlement . The Colonies , with the exception of India and Hudson Bay Territory , are under the control of the Colonial Office . India is managed by the India Board , and Hudson Bay Territory by the company whose name it bears . The ...
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... SETTLE- Settlement From MENTS ... 1591 ... 67,000 25,000 45,000 2. SIERRA LEONE ...... Settlement 3. BANANA ISLANDS ... Purchase . 4. SHERBORO ' ISLAND Purchase . 5. ISLES DE LOS 1787 ... ... 20 300 : Purchase . 1818 6. GOLD COAST SET ...
... SETTLE- Settlement From MENTS ... 1591 ... 67,000 25,000 45,000 2. SIERRA LEONE ...... Settlement 3. BANANA ISLANDS ... Purchase . 4. SHERBORO ' ISLAND Purchase . 5. ISLES DE LOS 1787 ... ... 20 300 : Purchase . 1818 6. GOLD COAST SET ...
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... settlement in 1591 . Other settlers landed in 1618 and more in 1723 , under the Royal African Company , since which ... settled in the colony . In 1818 the Isles De Los , and more recently the Banana Islands and Sherboro ' were added by ...
... settlement in 1591 . Other settlers landed in 1618 and more in 1723 , under the Royal African Company , since which ... settled in the colony . In 1818 the Isles De Los , and more recently the Banana Islands and Sherboro ' were added by ...
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... Settlement 1815 34 500 2. ST . HELENA Settlement 1673 47 7,000 I. ASCENSION . NAME . It was discovered on May 20th ( Ascension Day ) , 1501 , and hence its name . SITUATION . - 900 miles S. W. of Cape Palmas ( Upper Guinea ) , 800 miles ...
... Settlement 1815 34 500 2. ST . HELENA Settlement 1673 47 7,000 I. ASCENSION . NAME . It was discovered on May 20th ( Ascension Day ) , 1501 , and hence its name . SITUATION . - 900 miles S. W. of Cape Palmas ( Upper Guinea ) , 800 miles ...
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... settled at St. Helena . From 1787 to 1815 the East India Company used it as the principal dépôt for their recruits , sometimes as many as 12,000 have been under training there . Here Napoleon was exiled after his defeat at Waterloo ...
... settled at St. Helena . From 1787 to 1815 the East India Company used it as the principal dépôt for their recruits , sometimes as many as 12,000 have been under training there . Here Napoleon was exiled after his defeat at Waterloo ...
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&C.-Discovered Aden Africa America Antilles AREA IN SQ Atlantic Australia Bahamas Bass Strait Britain British called Canada CANADA EAST Cape Breton Cape Colony capital CARIBBEE ISLANDS ceded chief towns chiefly Climate healthy Conquest Council Crown Colony Crown Dependency DATE OF ACQUISITION diocese Discovered by Columbus district Dutch elevated England English Bishop extremely fertile French GOVERNMENT.-A Crown Colony GOVERNMENT.-A Dependency GOVERNMENT.-Under a Governor Gulf of St hills HISTORY House of Assembly Hudson's Bay indented inhabitants islets Lake land largest Lawrence Lesser Antilles Long MANNER AND DATE Mauritius mountains mouth NAME native negroes Nova Scotia PHYSICAL FEATURES.-Coast PHYSICAL FEATURES.-Surface POPULATION Port Jackson portion Portuguese PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS principal towns province river St rocky seat of Government Settlement Settlemt settlers ships side Sierra-Leone Sir Thomas Warner SITUATION South Island South Wales Spain square miles station Strait surface trade Tristan d'Acunha valleys volcano well-watered West Indian Zealand
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85 ページ - DEMOCRACY, a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation.
85 ページ - Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
50 ページ - IGO, an immense island-system, extending in a corve from the Florida shore, on the northern peninsula, to the Gulf of Venezeula, on the southern. This name was applied to them by Columbus, under the idea that they formed part of the Indian continent, to which it was the object of his first voyage to find a western passage ; and it has still been retained, though the mistake of the navigator has been discovered. The following is a list of the principal of these islands, which will be found treated...
58 ページ - N. for 40 miles to cape Orange. The whole shore continues low and is bounded by mangroves of moderate height, which cannot be seen at a greater distance than 10 or 12 miles, and being exposed to the varied and violent action of the waters of the Amazons and other smaller streams the outline often changes. Soft mud flats, formed by the debris thrown out of these rivers, extend off in some places to a considerable distance, upon which the mangroves advance with great rapidity...
1 ページ - O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free. Far as the breeze can bear the billow's foam, Survey our empire and behold our home.
86 ページ - Who are the Jews ? A. They are those who believe in the Old Testament, but reject the New, and expect a Saviour yet to come.
18 ページ - Singapore, on an island of the same name, described as " The Paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health.
69 ページ - Telegraph lines traverse all the settled districts, and a submarine cable connects the island with Melbourne. GOVERNMENT : The Parliament of Tasmania consists of a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly. The Governor is aided by an Executive Council. Both the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly are elected by duly qualified voters. The executive power is vested in the Governor, aided by a Cabinet of four responsible ministers — the Chief Secretary, the Treasurer, the Attorney-General,...
33 ページ - The whole is a solid mass of rock in the form of a truncated cone, rising abruptly from the sea, and ascending, at an angle of 45 degrees, to the height of 3000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome, upwards of 5000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. The face of this mountain, as far up as the base of the dome, is mostly covered with brushwood, intermixed with fern and long grass, that veil its native ruggedness. Along the NW side of the island there...
34 ページ - Dutch in 1G43, and by the French in 1767. At present it is the domain of an interesting community of English people, whose manners, simplicity, and excellence of character remind us strongly of the somewhat similarly placed family upon Pitcairn Island in the Pacific, the retreat of the mutineers of the Bounty.