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 264
... officials , and though for a time they managed to escape , they were afterwards captured and punished . Port Famine seems , indeed , a spot accursed of fate , for here in the first quarter of this century one of the best surveyors of ...
... officials , and though for a time they managed to escape , they were afterwards captured and punished . Port Famine seems , indeed , a spot accursed of fate , for here in the first quarter of this century one of the best surveyors of ...
Page 271
... officials , whose interest it is , therefore , to keep on terms with the Dutch Government , for on their advancing the interests of the Government depends their own tenure of office . These native officials receive salaries or ...
... officials , whose interest it is , therefore , to keep on terms with the Dutch Government , for on their advancing the interests of the Government depends their own tenure of office . These native officials receive salaries or ...
Page 274
... official is the one who troubles " the office " with fewest complaints against the native officials . Hence the Blue - books are all couleur de rose ; and , though the officials do their best to keep their oath not to oppress the ...
... official is the one who troubles " the office " with fewest complaints against the native officials . Hence the Blue - books are all couleur de rose ; and , though the officials do their best to keep their oath not to oppress the ...
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