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... speculators they paid £ 36,000 for 6,000 acres of the Seven Hills Estate with its rich soil on the surface and the hope of rivers of gold below . They offered promoters the mining rights to strips of their estate in return for a royalty ...
... speculators they paid £ 36,000 for 6,000 acres of the Seven Hills Estate with its rich soil on the surface and the hope of rivers of gold below . They offered promoters the mining rights to strips of their estate in return for a royalty ...
Page 99
... speculators was finally sealed in November 1871. Victoria passed its famous No Liability Act for mining com- panies , one of the most radical experiments in company law in the English - speaking world . A speculator could now lose only ...
... speculators was finally sealed in November 1871. Victoria passed its famous No Liability Act for mining com- panies , one of the most radical experiments in company law in the English - speaking world . A speculator could now lose only ...
Page 100
... speculators but also bankers , importers , and the politicians who built state railways so freely and the Melbourne ... speculator and , as the price of gold was fixed , gold shares could not fluctuate freely without regular news from ...
... speculators but also bankers , importers , and the politicians who built state railways so freely and the Melbourne ... speculator and , as the price of gold was fixed , gold shares could not fluctuate freely without regular news from ...
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