British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 14
... built a series of sluice - gates or ' kokers ' at points where the canals met the estuary and at low tide they would be opened to allow the accumulated water from the land to flow away ; at high tide the kokers formed a barrier between ...
... built a series of sluice - gates or ' kokers ' at points where the canals met the estuary and at low tide they would be opened to allow the accumulated water from the land to flow away ; at high tide the kokers formed a barrier between ...
Stranica 15
... built until the 1880's , is clearly inspired by Dutch styles of building . It is a long , gabled building framed in iron with a façade of white and brick - red painted wood with a central clock tower charm- ingly capped by a red pyramid ...
... built until the 1880's , is clearly inspired by Dutch styles of building . It is a long , gabled building framed in iron with a façade of white and brick - red painted wood with a central clock tower charm- ingly capped by a red pyramid ...
Stranica 18
... built before the Government's recent increase in building activity , are drab -yet even so they appear like palaces when one comes across them after the appalling slums of adjacent Albouystown . The slum clearance of Albouystown , a ...
... built before the Government's recent increase in building activity , are drab -yet even so they appear like palaces when one comes across them after the appalling slums of adjacent Albouystown . The slum clearance of Albouystown , a ...
Stranica 22
... built up by the rapid growth of the population . Almost all the primary schools of the Colony are run by the various Christian denominations there . A small Government subsidy is given to the churches for that purpose . Local teachers ...
... built up by the rapid growth of the population . Almost all the primary schools of the Colony are run by the various Christian denominations there . A small Government subsidy is given to the churches for that purpose . Local teachers ...
Stranica 24
... built - its first five and a half miles cost £ 127,000 , at which point the contract of the engineer in charge of the project was terminated ' for reasons of economy ' . This engineer was no ordinary man ; his name was Frederick ...
... built - its first five and a half miles cost £ 127,000 , at which point the contract of the engineer in charge of the project was terminated ' for reasons of economy ' . This engineer was no ordinary man ; his name was Frederick ...
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