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an argument against any reduction of our navy estimates , assumes that one - third of the ships on foreign stations , or forty- five vessels with 8000 men , may be debited to the colonies , as maintained simply on their account .
an argument against any reduction of our navy estimates , assumes that one - third of the ships on foreign stations , or forty- five vessels with 8000 men , may be debited to the colonies , as maintained simply on their account .
Page 487
Real Cost of Colonies . 487 this summary it would appear that from sixteen to eighteen vessels , with about 3600 to 4000 men , may fairly be charged to colonial account ( in addition to a sum varying from 74,000l . in 1843-4 , to 82 ...
Real Cost of Colonies . 487 this summary it would appear that from sixteen to eighteen vessels , with about 3600 to 4000 men , may fairly be charged to colonial account ( in addition to a sum varying from 74,000l . in 1843-4 , to 82 ...
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493 and whose vehement hostility to the Colonial Office , renders hist statement on this point of singular value : The peculiarity of ' colonies , ' he says , is their attachment to the mother country . Without having lived in a colony ...
493 and whose vehement hostility to the Colonial Office , renders hist statement on this point of singular value : The peculiarity of ' colonies , ' he says , is their attachment to the mother country . Without having lived in a colony ...
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