The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 199
... Government property . This consists of pasture tracks and forests ( never sold or granted to private individuals ) , the estates of the old Jesuit fathers , and the numerous Government farms and plantations . When Lopez I. was at the ...
... Government property . This consists of pasture tracks and forests ( never sold or granted to private individuals ) , the estates of the old Jesuit fathers , and the numerous Government farms and plantations . When Lopez I. was at the ...
Page 67
... Government allows too great power to the minor chiefs , who imitate other " civilised . " Governments , by going to war with each other . The population is estimated at about 34,000 , spread over an area of 1,162 square miles . The ...
... Government allows too great power to the minor chiefs , who imitate other " civilised . " Governments , by going to war with each other . The population is estimated at about 34,000 , spread over an area of 1,162 square miles . The ...
Page 271
... Government under the name of " Regents . " Each of these Regents - usually selected from the Princes ' families - governs a district about the size of a small English county . The Regent is , in reality , governed in his turn by the ...
... Government under the name of " Regents . " Each of these Regents - usually selected from the Princes ' families - governs a district about the size of a small English county . The Regent is , in reality , governed in his turn by the ...
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