Abstract of the laws and ordinances relating to lands and tenures; and the moral and agricultural improvement of the island of St. Helena, : from its establishment in 1673 to 1810..
Saint Helena.
Beatson, Alexander,1759-1833.
East India Company.
Rothamsted Experimental Station.Library,former owner.StEdNL
St. Helena: : Printed for S. Solomon by J. Coupland.,
[1810]
Compiled by Alexander Beatson, governor of St. Helena 1808-1813.
St. Helena, governed by the East India Company from 1658 to 1815, was an essential reprovisioning stop for E.I. Co. Ships returning to Europe from British India and China. Beatson's predecessor as Governor, Robert Patton, attempted to solve the rural labour shortage by encouraging the settlement of large numbers of Chinese coolie labourers who began arriving in 1810. With Napoleon's arrival on the island in 1815, the British government took over direct rule until Napoleon's death in 1821 when the island revered to British East India Company control.
"Rothansted Agricultural Research Institute" inkstamp on the front pastedown.
Land tenure
Agriculture
Saint Helena.