| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1839 - 746 pages
...849 Waste Lands of the Colonies 852 prietary title to them, and to fix such a price on Crown land, as may place them out of the reach of persons without capital. The natural tendency of the population to spread over the surface of the country, each man settling where... | |
| Sir William Molesworth - Great Britain - 1903 - 564 pages
...of Crown lands by persons not possessing a proprietary title to them, and to fix such a price upon Crown lands as may place them out of the reach of persons without capital." Here a great danger is plainly indicated, and the means of prevention as clearly pointed out. The danger... | |
| Sir William Molesworth - Great Britain - 1903 - 566 pages
...of Crown lands by persons not possessing a proprietary title to them, and to fix such a price upon Crown lands as may place them out of the reach of persons without capital." Here a great danger is plainly indicated, and the means of prevention as clearly pointed out. The danger... | |
| Lionel Mordant Fraser - Trinidad and Tobago - 1971 - 410 pages
...importance in the meantime that the evil should not be aggravated by the inconsiderate neglect, or incautious distribution of those lands which are at...question, and to arrange the details accordingly. land, makes it more profitable to cultivate old land well, than to purchase new. The natural tendency... | |
| David Vincent Trotman - Crime - 1986 - 368 pages
...secretary of state instructed the colonial governors not only to prevent squatting on Crown lands but "to fix such a price upon all Crown lands as may place...out of the reach of persons without capital." The minimum lot to be sold was fixed at 340 acres, and this figure was raised to 680 acres in 1841.18 The... | |
| Demetrius Lynn Eudell - History - 2002 - 252 pages
...by preventing the occupation of crown lands by people not holding proprietary titles and by placing "such a price upon all Crown lands as may place them...out of the reach of persons without capital." The specifics, he added, would necessarily have to be tailored to the local situations. This strategy concerning... | |
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