Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official Records of the Colonial OfficeW.H. Allen and Company, 1839 - 906 страници |
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... miles from the sea , and 16 from Kingston , is the seat of Government , but Kingston is in reality the capital of the island . Kingston is si- tuated on a gentle slope of about one mile in length , which is bounded on the S. by a ...
... miles from the sea , and 16 from Kingston , is the seat of Government , but Kingston is in reality the capital of the island . Kingston is si- tuated on a gentle slope of about one mile in length , which is bounded on the S. by a ...
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... miles north of Kingston , at the extremity of the plain of Liguana , which gradually rises above the level of the sea , is well cultivated , extremely fertile , about one mile and a half south of the Long Mountain , with an elevation of ...
... miles north of Kingston , at the extremity of the plain of Liguana , which gradually rises above the level of the sea , is well cultivated , extremely fertile , about one mile and a half south of the Long Mountain , with an elevation of ...
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... miles of each other , and about 34 miles N. from the Grand Cayman , which is about one mile and a half long , and one mile broad , and containing about 1,000 acres . Grand Cayman ( the only island inhabited ) is so low that it cannot be ...
... miles of each other , and about 34 miles N. from the Grand Cayman , which is about one mile and a half long , and one mile broad , and containing about 1,000 acres . Grand Cayman ( the only island inhabited ) is so low that it cannot be ...
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... miles from the sea - shore ; but the most remark- able mineral phenomenon is the Asphaltum , or Pitch Lake , situate on the leeward side of the island , on a small peninsula , jutting into the sea about two miles , ( opposite the Parian ...
... miles from the sea - shore ; but the most remark- able mineral phenomenon is the Asphaltum , or Pitch Lake , situate on the leeward side of the island , on a small peninsula , jutting into the sea about two miles , ( opposite the Parian ...
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... miles , in an E.N.E. direction ; and in its greatest breadth 12 miles , embracing a mountainous area of 44 square miles . II . Tobago , or Tobacco , was discovered by Colum- bus in 1496 , and thus named after the pipe used by the ...
... miles , in an E.N.E. direction ; and in its greatest breadth 12 miles , embracing a mountainous area of 44 square miles . II . Tobago , or Tobacco , was discovered by Colum- bus in 1496 , and thus named after the pipe used by the ...
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Страница 259 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlements, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors or possessors of the ground.
Страница 145 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron, thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Страница 145 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Страница 259 - The King of Great Britain, in ceding the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to France, regards them as ceded for the purpose of serving as a real shelter to the French fishermen, and in full confidence that these possessions will not become an object of jealousy between the two nations ; and that the fishery , between the said islands and that of Newfoundland shall be limited to the middle of the channel.
Страница 145 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...
Страница 258 - But it shall be allowed to the subjects of France to catch fish, and to dry them on land, in that part only, and in no other besides that, of the said island of Newfoundland, which stretches from the place called Cape Bonavista to the northern point of the said island, and from thence running down by the western side, reaches as far as the place called Point Riche.
Страница 333 - Union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little State in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through all revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and it is in a high degree conducive to their happiness and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Страница 259 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Страница 259 - His Britannic Majesty will give orders that the French fishermen be not incommoded in cutting the wood necessary for the repair of their scaffolds, huts, and fishing vessels.
Страница 259 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use...