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Page 84
... profitable . There are a score or so of married aborigines about the place , each of whom is provided with a separate cottage and paid an average wage of £ 1 a week . Having full liberty to leave when they like , they rarely or never ...
... profitable . There are a score or so of married aborigines about the place , each of whom is provided with a separate cottage and paid an average wage of £ 1 a week . Having full liberty to leave when they like , they rarely or never ...
Page 137
... profitable competition with the sister colonies . The figures taken in evidence show a more prosperous state of ... profitably carried on for at least three or four months in the year , yielding in those months a return far in excess of ...
... profitable competition with the sister colonies . The figures taken in evidence show a more prosperous state of ... profitably carried on for at least three or four months in the year , yielding in those months a return far in excess of ...
Page 138
... profitable addition to the income should be made by curing bacon and hams . No farm should be without a few sheep ; they not only furnish the family with a cheap food supply , but manure the soil and assist to clear the land from weeds ...
... profitable addition to the income should be made by curing bacon and hams . No farm should be without a few sheep ; they not only furnish the family with a cheap food supply , but manure the soil and assist to clear the land from weeds ...
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