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Page 176
... British governor of Madras , that he would enter into an alliance with the British to exclude the French from Bengal and pay £ 500,000 to the East India Company and £ 250,000 to the European inhabitants of Calcutta to compensate them ...
... British governor of Madras , that he would enter into an alliance with the British to exclude the French from Bengal and pay £ 500,000 to the East India Company and £ 250,000 to the European inhabitants of Calcutta to compensate them ...
Page 589
... British privileges they had officially lost , he made enemies not only among merchants and shipowners but also among the resident British authorities who , in their own inter- est , had failed to enforce the law . Under the strain of ...
... British privileges they had officially lost , he made enemies not only among merchants and shipowners but also among the resident British authorities who , in their own inter- est , had failed to enforce the law . Under the strain of ...
Page 978
... British proved unable to build an orderly administration , however , and conflicts with the Sotho convinced the British to withdraw in 1854. On Feb. 23 , 1854 , un- der the Bloemfontein Convention , the British relinquished their ...
... British proved unable to build an orderly administration , however , and conflicts with the Sotho convinced the British to withdraw in 1854. On Feb. 23 , 1854 , un- der the Bloemfontein Convention , the British relinquished their ...
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