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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... Kingdom were in the same year £ 125,308 , the annual revenue £ 40,231 , the expenditure £ 36,613 , and as the debt in 1877 was only £ 5,040 , the colony may be said to be solvent and even prosperous in its own quiet tropical sort of way ...
... Kingdom were in the same year £ 125,308 , the annual revenue £ 40,231 , the expenditure £ 36,613 , and as the debt in 1877 was only £ 5,040 , the colony may be said to be solvent and even prosperous in its own quiet tropical sort of way ...
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... kingdom , " a revolution broke out in April , 1821. Either through fear , policy , or ambition , the Regent Dom Pedro sided with the Brazilians , and was declared " Perpetual Defender " of the country . He furthermore announced its ...
... kingdom , " a revolution broke out in April , 1821. Either through fear , policy , or ambition , the Regent Dom Pedro sided with the Brazilians , and was declared " Perpetual Defender " of the country . He furthermore announced its ...
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... Kingdom to Australasian ports were valued at £ 2,807,356 ; in 1871 it was £ 10,051,982 , † or , in other words , thirty per cent . of the exports from Britain to the colonies , and an increase in twenty years of 250 per cent . This ...
... Kingdom to Australasian ports were valued at £ 2,807,356 ; in 1871 it was £ 10,051,982 , † or , in other words , thirty per cent . of the exports from Britain to the colonies , and an increase in twenty years of 250 per cent . This ...
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