The Annual Register, Volume 146Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1905 - Books Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... VI . SCOTLAND AND IRELAND • [ 235 SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER . ( By F. HARCOURT KITCHIN , Editor of the " Financial Half - Year . " ) FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1904 • [ 245 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY . FRANCE AND ITALY CHAPTER I. CONTENTS . vii.
... VI . SCOTLAND AND IRELAND • [ 235 SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER . ( By F. HARCOURT KITCHIN , Editor of the " Financial Half - Year . " ) FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1904 • [ 245 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY . FRANCE AND ITALY CHAPTER I. CONTENTS . vii.
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Edmund Burke. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY . FRANCE AND ITALY CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . GERMANY AND AUSTRIA - HUNGARY CHAPTER III . RUSSIA TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE CHAPTER IV . • page [ 251 LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND ...
Edmund Burke. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY . FRANCE AND ITALY CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . GERMANY AND AUSTRIA - HUNGARY CHAPTER III . RUSSIA TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE CHAPTER IV . • page [ 251 LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND ...
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... Italy and the Netherlands , and that an agreement had also been concluded with Portugal for the determination of the frontier between Portuguese territory in South - West Africa and the Barotse Kingdom by the arbitration of the King of ...
... Italy and the Netherlands , and that an agreement had also been concluded with Portugal for the determination of the frontier between Portuguese territory in South - West Africa and the Barotse Kingdom by the arbitration of the King of ...
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... Italy , Scandinavia , or Hungary , British skilled employment on the Rand would before very long be displaced by foreign labour . The difficulty could be solved by the introduction of Chinese labour . This need not be ac- companied by ...
... Italy , Scandinavia , or Hungary , British skilled employment on the Rand would before very long be displaced by foreign labour . The difficulty could be solved by the introduction of Chinese labour . This need not be ac- companied by ...
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... Italy , France and Switzerland , and Russia and Germany , between 1888 and 1897 , which was referred to in Lord Selborne's speech . Both sides , of course , drew their own conclusions from it . The Free Traders dwelt on the incidental ...
... Italy , France and Switzerland , and Russia and Germany , between 1888 and 1897 , which was referred to in Lord Selborne's speech . Both sides , of course , drew their own conclusions from it . The Free Traders dwelt on the incidental ...
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