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... probably twenty times as extensive as the French , but a much greater amount of in- vestments in Egypt , in real property , as well as of various other descriptions , belongs to Frenchmen , than any that we possess . The different ...
... probably twenty times as extensive as the French , but a much greater amount of in- vestments in Egypt , in real property , as well as of various other descriptions , belongs to Frenchmen , than any that we possess . The different ...
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... probably be accom- plished with excellent results , very generally , in connection with the formation of railways . The Turkish Government are said to have recently authorised the sale of land to foreign- ers , but it is the part of ...
... probably be accom- plished with excellent results , very generally , in connection with the formation of railways . The Turkish Government are said to have recently authorised the sale of land to foreign- ers , but it is the part of ...
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... probably be fixed , for a permanence , at about twenty - four francs per ton ; it must naturally be higher than the sum which ought to be charged as a mere toll , inasmuch as the machinery of trans- port would be provided . When this ...
... probably be fixed , for a permanence , at about twenty - four francs per ton ; it must naturally be higher than the sum which ought to be charged as a mere toll , inasmuch as the machinery of trans- port would be provided . When this ...
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... is supposed by some to be likely to amount to 6,000,000l . , but probably it would not be so much . The total probable outlay on the Canal from first to last has been estimated at 10,000,000l . A good deal has been already ex- pended.
... is supposed by some to be likely to amount to 6,000,000l . , but probably it would not be so much . The total probable outlay on the Canal from first to last has been estimated at 10,000,000l . A good deal has been already ex- pended.
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... probably be effected , so soon as the more popular methods of dealing with public questions which may be expected here- after to prevail in Parliament come into full action ; and these reforms will , doubtless , ren- der it a more ...
... probably be effected , so soon as the more popular methods of dealing with public questions which may be expected here- after to prevail in Parliament come into full action ; and these reforms will , doubtless , ren- der it a more ...
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