Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume 35

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Page 283 - Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the other members of the Royal family.
Page 396 - Now KNOW YE, that We, being desirous of encouraging a design so laudable and salutary, of our especial Grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, granted and declared, and Do, by these Presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, will, grant and declare, that the said...
Page 328 - I am naturally very disappointed, but as you know you can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
Page 398 - And We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, (otherwise competent,) to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the use of the said Society, and their successors, any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, not exceeding such annual value as aforesaid.
Page 400 - Institute, and appoint and dismiss at their pleasure all salaried and other officers, attendants and servants as they may think fit, and may...
Page 153 - The Secretary read the notice convening the Meeting. The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The Chairman nominated Mr.
Page 516 - Swansea. Wigan. Guildhall Library, London. House of Commons, London. House of Lords, London. Imperial Institute, London. India Office Library, London. Institute of Bankers, London. Institution of Civil Engineers. Intelligence Department, War Office. Japan Society, London.
Page 45 - Government the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the Colonies either by exemption from or reduction •of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Page 318 - I found that my steed had, without any sensation of shame or alarm, stepped upon the perfect skeletons of two human beings, cracking their brittle bones under his feet, and, by one trip of his foot, separating a skull from the trunk, which rolled on like a ball before him.

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