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The Geography and History of the British Colonies George Gill (Schoolmaster ) No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 20 - ... regions are poured down in such profusion that the river-beds are unable to contain them. They accordingly overflow, and convert the ground into a species of swamp, which, acted on by the burning rays of a tropical sun, throws up an excessively rank vegetation, whereby the earth is choked rather than covered. The soil is concealed beneath a mass of dark and dismal foliage, while long grass and prickly shrubs shoot up so densely and so close as to form an almost impenetrable barrier. It is still...
Page 45 - CONSTITUTION The Government is administered by a Governor aided by an Executive Council...
Page 20 - This term is applied to a plain about twenty miles broad, upon which the waters from the higher regions are poured down in such profusion that the river-beds are unable to contain them. They accordingly overflow, and convert the...
Page 46 - Singapore is an island about twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it, which form part of the settlement.
Page 128 - The general government consists of a Governor, aided by a Ministry, a Legislative Council of 43 members, appointed by the Crown for life, and a House of Representatives, consisting of 88 members, elected for five years. Four members are Maories elected by the natives.
Page 48 - Britain, which is admini-terecl by a Governor, assisted by an executive council of five members and a legislative council of twenty-seven, including ten members elected on a property qualification.
Page 106 - ... of dust rising perpendicularly into the air — the two winds have met ! The south wind, fresh from the sea, being many degrees colder than the north wind, is violently precipitated on to the ground, the lighter hot wind rising in proportion. This is the cause of the column of dust being raised so high. Now the two winds are engaged in fierce struggle ! It lasts but a moment. With gigantic strides the column breasts its way northward — the hot wind is fairly vanquished, and with a blast, before...
Page 34 - Act, 1858 the Government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown.
Page 80 - The Government of Newfoundland is at present administered by a responsible Executive Council, also by a Legislative Council not exceeding 15 members, nominated by the Crown, and a House of Assembly of 31 members, elected by the people every four years.
Page 74 - colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island ; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Each colony had a governor and council appointed by the crown, and a house of assembly elected by the people.