The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List ...: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Oversea Dominions and Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain...Waterlow & sons limited, 1897 |
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Strana 123 - ... the common law, the doctrines of equity and. the statutes of general application in force in England...
Strana 197 - Constitution. The country was at first a dependency of New South Wales, but was separated by Letters Patent in 1842. Its settlement was largely effected by the New Zealand Company, with a royal charter, which was surrendered in 1850. Down to 1847 the Executive and Legislative Councils were both nominated by the Governor, and a constitutional form of Government was established by the Imperial Statute 15 & 16 Viet., cap.
Strana 129 - Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China, at the mouth of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao.
Strana 129 - THE colony of Hong Kong, formerly an integral part of China, was •ceded to Great Britain in January 1841 ; the cession was confirmed by the treaty of Nankin, in August 1842 ; and the charter bears date April 5, 1843. Hong Kong is...
Strana 50 - Province on 15th July, 1870. By Order of Her Majesty in Council dated 16th May, 1871, issued on the authority of the British North America Act, 1867 on Addresses from the Houses of Parliament of Canada and the Legislature of British...
Strana 113 - The principal exports at the date of the annexation of the Colony were copra, cotton (Sea Island), and maize, but the export of maize was soon displaced by that of sugar. Cotton continued to be the third export in point of value until the year 1882, after which it gradually subsided until the year 1888, when only 34 tons were exported.
Strana 225 - Town, in 5° 24' north lat. and 100° 21' east long. Malacca is situated on the western coast of the peninsula between Singapore and Penang, about 1 10 miles from the former and 240 from the latter, and consists of a strip of territory about 42 miles in length, and from 8 to 25 miles in breadth, containing an area of 720 square miles. The town, culled Malacca, is in 2° 10
Strana 112 - March, 1874, reported an offer of the cession of the sovereignty of the islands from the chiefs, with the assent of the Europeans, but on certain terms, which were not acceptable, and Sir Hercules Robinson, the Governor of New South Wales, was despatched to Fiji in September.
Strana 129 - The length of the island is about 11 miles, its breadth from 2 to 5 miles, and its area rather more than 29 square miles. It is separated from the mainland of China by a narrow strait, known as the Ly-ee-moon Pass, which does not exceed half a mile in width.
Strana 134 - The island was discovered by Columbus on the 3rd May, 1494. He called it St. Jago, after the patron saint of Spain, but the new name was soon dropped in favour of the native one of Jamaica (Xaymaca — well watered). The first settlement on it was effected on the shores of St. Ann's Bay, by Esquivel in 1509, under the direction of Diego, the son of Columbus, while Governor of Hispaniola.