Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 |
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Page 149
... continued the previous system of government finance by the issue of store receipts , and by the barter of goods in return for grain delivered to the government store . He also continued the practice of exchanging government cattle and ...
... continued the previous system of government finance by the issue of store receipts , and by the barter of goods in return for grain delivered to the government store . He also continued the practice of exchanging government cattle and ...
Page 238
... continued for about twenty miles on the same course as yesterday , when we lost sight of land and trees , the channel of the river winding through reeds , among which the water was about three feet deep , the current having the same ...
... continued for about twenty miles on the same course as yesterday , when we lost sight of land and trees , the channel of the river winding through reeds , among which the water was about three feet deep , the current having the same ...
Page 329
... ( Continued cheers . ) He would tell them why . They dared not . - ( Great cheers . ) They had been accustomed to palm off their wishes on the ministry as the wishes and the voice of the whole Colony ; and they knew that if they appeared ...
... ( Continued cheers . ) He would tell them why . They dared not . - ( Great cheers . ) They had been accustomed to palm off their wishes on the ministry as the wishes and the voice of the whole Colony ; and they knew that if they appeared ...
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