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 178
... labour and preparation , often a great deal of hardship , risk , and anxiety ; that , as a rule , gold is seldom ... labour wasted , be reckoned , the contrast will appear stronger still . In short , gold - mining , in all its forms ...
... labour and preparation , often a great deal of hardship , risk , and anxiety ; that , as a rule , gold is seldom ... labour wasted , be reckoned , the contrast will appear stronger still . In short , gold - mining , in all its forms ...
Page 215
... labour . Indeed , labour in Queensland , as in the other Australian colonies , is the great drawback of the agriculturists . To partially remedy this want , Polynesians from the South Sea Islands have been imported to work on the sugar ...
... labour . Indeed , labour in Queensland , as in the other Australian colonies , is the great drawback of the agriculturists . To partially remedy this want , Polynesians from the South Sea Islands have been imported to work on the sugar ...
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... labour of the natives as to make it produce not only a sufficiency of food for their own consumption , but also the largest possible quantity of produce for sale in the European markets . Accordingly , the island — with the neighbouring ...
... labour of the natives as to make it produce not only a sufficiency of food for their own consumption , but also the largest possible quantity of produce for sale in the European markets . Accordingly , the island — with the neighbouring ...
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