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Page 102
... flax could be obtained from New Zealand . Sir George Young's plan of 1785 also mentioned New Zealand flax , but apparently his plan was objected to by the East India Company . Another early proposal suggested the River Thames as a site ...
... flax could be obtained from New Zealand . Sir George Young's plan of 1785 also mentioned New Zealand flax , but apparently his plan was objected to by the East India Company . Another early proposal suggested the River Thames as a site ...
Page 103
... flax . To - day , the paper is substantially well preserved . At the time Murray noted that flax seven feet high was grow- ing on the west coast of Scotland . Some years later Murray had paper made of bleached flax . In the course of ...
... flax . To - day , the paper is substantially well preserved . At the time Murray noted that flax seven feet high was grow- ing on the west coast of Scotland . Some years later Murray had paper made of bleached flax . In the course of ...
Page 109
... flax trade stimulated some settlement in New Zealand . In 1810 an association ' of Sydney merchants ( Lord , Riley Kent and Thompson ) proposed to start a flax settlement in New Zealand and asked for fourteen years ' privilege . The ...
... flax trade stimulated some settlement in New Zealand . In 1810 an association ' of Sydney merchants ( Lord , Riley Kent and Thompson ) proposed to start a flax settlement in New Zealand and asked for fourteen years ' privilege . The ...
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