Annals of British Legislation: Digest of blue books, Volume 21866 |
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... employed on sugar estates under contract was 70,046 ( of whom 41,737 were old immigrants ) — the number of women only 707. The great bulk received wages ranging from 14s . to 18s . a month . The amount deposited by immigrants in the ...
... employed on sugar estates under contract was 70,046 ( of whom 41,737 were old immigrants ) — the number of women only 707. The great bulk received wages ranging from 14s . to 18s . a month . The amount deposited by immigrants in the ...
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... employ- ers speak in high terms ; not one had been committed to prison during the year , and there is a strong wish in the island to obtain more of them , " Bahamas . - The effect of the civil war in the United States has been to ...
... employ- ers speak in high terms ; not one had been committed to prison during the year , and there is a strong wish in the island to obtain more of them , " Bahamas . - The effect of the civil war in the United States has been to ...
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... employed in agriculture 2,878 , in pastoral pur- suits , 7,693 , and in domestic duties , 14,919 ; while the number returned as ' under tuition ' is 17,893 . Of the latter , however , only 5,079 * These numbers are to 31st July 1863 . 6 ...
... employed in agriculture 2,878 , in pastoral pur- suits , 7,693 , and in domestic duties , 14,919 ; while the number returned as ' under tuition ' is 17,893 . Of the latter , however , only 5,079 * These numbers are to 31st July 1863 . 6 ...
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... employed in working them was , -Leases , 223 ; area , 2,925a . 1r . 22p ; rent , 7,313l . 14s . 8 .; capital , 531,1961 .; workmen , 3,148 . - South Australia . - The sales of land in South Australia in the year 1863 were , - 159,791a ...
... employed in working them was , -Leases , 223 ; area , 2,925a . 1r . 22p ; rent , 7,313l . 14s . 8 .; capital , 531,1961 .; workmen , 3,148 . - South Australia . - The sales of land in South Australia in the year 1863 were , - 159,791a ...
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... employed at each gold field ; but by a return furnished from the Treasury at Auckland it appears that in the third quarter of 1864 there was exported the produce of gold fields in- " Auckland , 641 oz . , 2,042l . value ; Nelson and ...
... employed at each gold field ; but by a return furnished from the Treasury at Auckland it appears that in the third quarter of 1864 there was exported the produce of gold fields in- " Auckland , 641 oz . , 2,042l . value ; Nelson and ...
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Page 463 - ... an act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled ' An Act for exempting their Majesties...
Page 483 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the court and jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 483 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 482 - The advance of money by way of loan to a person engaged or about to engage in any business on a contract with that person that the lender shall receive a rate of interest varying with the profits...
Page 477 - Any colonial law which is or shall be in any respect repugnant to the provisions of any Act of Parliament extending to the colony to which such law may relate, or repugnant to any order or regulation made under authority of such Act of Parliament, or having in the colony the force and effect of such Act, shall be read subject to such Act, order, or regulation, and shall, to the extent of such repugnancy, but not otherwise, be and remain absolutely void and inoperative.
Page 481 - An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.
Page 463 - Person, Crown, or Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to...
Page 483 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony...
Page 477 - ... every representative legislature shall in respect to the colony under its jurisdiction have and be deemed at all times to have had full power to make laws respecting the constitution powers and procedure of such legislature.
Page 5 - Emperor of the French, and the Emperor of all the Russias, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of...