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" To Lord Howick, says Colonel Torrens, in the introduction to his work on Colonization, belongs the honour of having been the first to give practical operation to the principle of selling the colonial lands at the disposal of the crown, and of employing... "
The History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South ... - Page 9
by John Stephens - 1839 - 224 pages
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South Australia: Extracts from the Official Dispatches of Colonel Light ...

Henry Capper - South Australia - 1837 - 130 pages
...colonized, has received the sanction of some of the most distinguished statesmen of the day. To Lord Howiclc belongs the honour of having been the first to give...emigrants to the colonies. Seconded by the enlarged views and accurate science of Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, Lord Stanley, as Secretary of State for the Colonies,...
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The Land of Promise: Being an Authentic and Impartial History of the Rise ...

John Stephens - South Australia - 1839 - 262 pages
...Esq. By great exertions, these gentlemen succeeded in obtaining a bill for the colonization of Soutli Australia, upon the principles explained above. To...bill for the colonization of South Australia upon this principle. Mr. Spring Rice, on succeeding to the colonial department, took up the plan with his...
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The Land of Promise: Being an Authentic and Impartial History of the Rise ...

John Stephens - South Australia - 1839 - 266 pages
...the introduction to his work on ('(iloni/.ntion, belongs the honour of having been the first to (rive practical operation to the principle, of selling the colonial lands at the disposal r,:' the crown, and of employing the proceeds of the na£e in conveying voluntary emigrants to the...
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History of the City of Adelaide: From the Foundation of the Province of ...

Thomas Worsnop - Adelaide (S. Aust.) - 1878 - 574 pages
...the sanction of some of the most distinguished statesmen of the day. To Lord Howick belongs the honor of having been the first to give practical operation...emigrants to the Colonies. Seconded by the enlarged views and accurate science of Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, Lord Stanley — as Secretary of State for the Colonies...
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The History of South Australia: From Its Foundation to the Year of ..., Volume 1

Edwin Hodder - South Australia - 1893 - 420 pages
...1831, the waste lands were granted free on certain conditions, but had since been put up for sale. " To Lord Howick," says Colonel Torrens, in the introduction...in conveying voluntary emigrants to the colonies." trade was proposed to which the Navigation and Trades Acts were in opposition ; that it was proposed...
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The History of South Australia from Its Foundation to the Year of ..., Volume 1

Edwin Hodder - South Australia - 1893 - 412 pages
...1831, the waste lands were granted free on certain conditions, but had since been put up for sale. " To Lord Howick," says Colonel Torrens, in the introduction...in conveying voluntary emigrants to the colonies." In the belief that the Government approved the scheme of the intending colonists, the friends of the...
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The Cyclopedia of South Australia

Henry Thomas Burgess - Arno Bay (S. Aust.) - 1907 - 654 pages
...Wakefield principle in a modified form. Colonel Torreus recorded that to Lord Ilowick belonged tiie honour "of having been the first to give practical...in conveying voluntary emigrants to the colonies." Undaunted by rebuffs, Mr. Gouger and his associates in the early summer of 1833 returned to the charge...
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Colonization of South Australia

Robert Torrens - Colonization - 1835 - 356 pages
...colonized, has received the sanction of some of the most distinguished statesmen of the day. To Lord Howick belongs the honour of having been the first to give...operation to the principle of .selling the colonial lards at the disposal of the Crown; and of employing the proceeds of the sale in conveying voluntary...
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