The Origin and Growth of the English Colonies and of Their System of Government: An Introduction to C. P. Lucas's Historical Geography of the British Colonies |
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Page 64 - charter of 1609 consisted of 56 city companies, and 659 private persons. Of these 21 were peers ; 96 knights ; ii doctors, ministers, &c.; 53 captains; 28 esquires; 58 gentlemen; no merchants; and 282 citizens, and others not classified. Of the total number, about 230 paid £37
Page 179 - £200,000 a year towards the cost of an improved Australasian squadron and the establishment of a branch of the royal naval reserve. The New Zealand representative undertook that New Zealand would increase its annual contribution towards such purpose to £40,000. The Cape Colony and Natal representatives promised £50,000 and £35,000 a year respectively 'towards the general maintenance of the navy'; while Newfoundland