The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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Page xvi
... towns , the administration of justice in the courts of first instance is wholly in native and non - Christian hands . The Englishman who is involved in litigation must submit to have his case tried by a Hindu judge , and , except as a ...
... towns , the administration of justice in the courts of first instance is wholly in native and non - Christian hands . The Englishman who is involved in litigation must submit to have his case tried by a Hindu judge , and , except as a ...
Page xix
in ordinary mercantile business the native merchants in the great towns have almost elbowed Europeans out of the market , and of the innumerable competitors who are coming forward some are certain to be found who will in no long time ...
in ordinary mercantile business the native merchants in the great towns have almost elbowed Europeans out of the market , and of the innumerable competitors who are coming forward some are certain to be found who will in no long time ...
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... towns of 20,000 inhabitants is no more than 5 per cent . , and 90 per cent . is found outside towns altogether . Agriculture is not merely the prevailing means of subsistence , but it occupies or supports directly or indirectly more ...
... towns of 20,000 inhabitants is no more than 5 per cent . , and 90 per cent . is found outside towns altogether . Agriculture is not merely the prevailing means of subsistence , but it occupies or supports directly or indirectly more ...
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... towns which show much vitality are , first , the great seaports , all of which are British creations of less than a couple of centuries ; second , the inland market towns which happen to lie on a trunk line of rail , and are thus ...
... towns which show much vitality are , first , the great seaports , all of which are British creations of less than a couple of centuries ; second , the inland market towns which happen to lie on a trunk line of rail , and are thus ...
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... towns in this country has been due to the invention of machinery and to the abundance of fuel which has enabled manufacturing enterprise to take advantage of it . All the available openings for labour have been in the occupations which ...
... towns in this country has been due to the invention of machinery and to the abundance of fuel which has enabled manufacturing enterprise to take advantage of it . All the available openings for labour have been in the occupations which ...
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