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 126
... land . The Taranaki Native Land League gave the first expression to this patriotic feeling on the part of the Maoris . " The money , " they said , " which we receive for our land is soon gone , but the land remains with the Europeans ...
... land . The Taranaki Native Land League gave the first expression to this patriotic feeling on the part of the Maoris . " The money , " they said , " which we receive for our land is soon gone , but the land remains with the Europeans ...
Page 203
... land which will grow wheat - form one area open to intending purchasers as fast as it can be surveyed . All waste lands have a price put upon them by the Commissioners of Crown Lands - not less than £ 1 and not more than £ 2 per acre ...
... land which will grow wheat - form one area open to intending purchasers as fast as it can be surveyed . All waste lands have a price put upon them by the Commissioners of Crown Lands - not less than £ 1 and not more than £ 2 per acre ...
Page 224
... land , and this desire the various colonial legislatures have tried to meet by passing land - laws , which , however they may vary in details , are considered , and not erroneously , by the squatter as aimed at and likely to be ruinous ...
... land , and this desire the various colonial legislatures have tried to meet by passing land - laws , which , however they may vary in details , are considered , and not erroneously , by the squatter as aimed at and likely to be ruinous ...
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