S. W. Silver & Co.'s Handbook to South Africa: Including the Cape Colony, Natal, the Diamond Fields, the Transvaal, Orange Free State, Etc. : Also a Gazetter and Map |
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... PARIS , 1867. Silver Medal . AMSTERDAM , 1868. - Silver Medal . VIENNA , 1878. - Prize Medal . PARIS , 1878 ... EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WRITING AND COPYING INK , GUM MUCILAGE , to resist Fermentation in hot Climates , QUILLS AND SEALING WAX ...
... PARIS , 1867. Silver Medal . AMSTERDAM , 1868. - Silver Medal . VIENNA , 1878. - Prize Medal . PARIS , 1878 ... EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WRITING AND COPYING INK , GUM MUCILAGE , to resist Fermentation in hot Climates , QUILLS AND SEALING WAX ...
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Page 44 - ... the claim of sovereignty over the new province must be renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as I am at present enabled to judge, the original justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the victorious party.
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Page 354 - River, along the centre of the former to the point nearest to Olifants Been ; from that point by Olifants Been, to the southern point of Langeberg ; along the top of Langeberg, to its north-western extremity ; from thence to the eastern point of Jammerberg; along the top of Jammerberg, to its northwestern extremity ; from thence by a prolongation of the same to the Caledon River...
Page 270 - Act are situate to vote in any election for such county in respect of any vacancy that may take place before the summoning of a future Parliament, but after such summoning no person shall be entitled to be registered as a voter or to vote in any election for any...
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Page 44 - In the conduct which was pursued to- Dec. 26, wards the Kaffir nation by the colonists and the public authorities of the Colony through a long series of years...
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