A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales: And Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land

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G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1820 - 579 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 454 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Pàgina 342 - English, under the penalty of the forfeiture and loss of all the goods and commodities...
Pàgina 575 - An Act for continuing in the East India Company for a further term the possession of the British Territories in India, together with certain exclusive privileges ; for establishing further regulations for the government of the said territories, and the better administration of justice within the same ; and for regulating the trade to and from the places within the limits of the said Company's Charter...
Pàgina 346 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, or are of the built of and belonging to any of the said lands, islands, plantations or territories as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are English...
Pàgina 341 - FOR the increase of shipping and encouragement of the navigation of this nation, wherein, under the good providence and protection of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom is so much concerned...
Pàgina 121 - ... and had been previously noticed by Captain Flinders, but, from the distance at which he was necessarily obliged to keep from the coast, he did not discover that it had a navigable entrance; of course our most anxious attention was directed to this important point; and although the want of a boat rendered the examination as to the depth of water in the channel incomplete, yet there appeared to be at low water at least three fathoms, with a safe though narrow entrance between the sand rollers on...
Pàgina 346 - Commoditie of the Growth Production or Manufacture of Europe shall be imported into any Land Island Plantation Colony Territory or Place to His Majestie belonging, or which shall [belong hereafter f] unto, or be in the Possession of His Majestie His Heires and Successors in Asia Africa or America...
Pàgina 118 - ... proof that the interior was covered with water, yet I felt it my duty to leave no measure untried which could in any way tend to a direct elucidation of the fact. It was physically Impracticable to gain the edge of these waters by making a detour round the flooded portion of the country on the...
Pàgina 341 - December one thousand six hundred and sixty, and from thenceforward, no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be imported into or exported out of any lands, islands, plantations or territories to his Majesty belonging or in his possession, or which may hereafter belong unto or be in the possession of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, in Asia, Africa or America...
Pàgina 116 - I proceeded in the boat down the river, and in the course of the day went nearly thirty miles on a NNW course, for ten of which there had been, strictly speaking, no land, as the flood made the surrounding country a perfect sea; the banks of the river were heavily timbered ; and many large spaces within our view, covered with the common reed, werejalso encircled by large trees.

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