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... Commissioners . The Select Committee had reported on 3rd June ; by 4th July the Act appointing the Commissioners had been passed , and on 7th July they held their first meet- ing , at which they resolved that it was important to employ ...
... Commissioners . The Select Committee had reported on 3rd June ; by 4th July the Act appointing the Commissioners had been passed , and on 7th July they held their first meet- ing , at which they resolved that it was important to employ ...
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... Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges was also placed the administration of whatever funds Government made available for the construction or improvement of the harbours and fishing ports . Ferry piers , of which many were built ...
... Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges was also placed the administration of whatever funds Government made available for the construction or improvement of the harbours and fishing ports . Ferry piers , of which many were built ...
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... Commissioners will admit it as a mistaken zeal and to the difficulty of getting an entirely new business of this nature brought into the form which it is both proper and necessary it should be carried on in . ' 1 As it is wholly out of ...
... Commissioners will admit it as a mistaken zeal and to the difficulty of getting an entirely new business of this nature brought into the form which it is both proper and necessary it should be carried on in . ' 1 As it is wholly out of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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