A GRAPHIC VIEW OF THE SIX MILLIONS.
Messrs Heywoud, of Manchester, have published a sheet containing a graphic vibsv of what the six millions!, SjiiMit on war materials, would liave purchased if applied to peace purposes. The sum is arranged in 1,200 bags of gold, ootitaiuiiig £O.OOO (jic!i, and the following are the objects tha amounts would have ob'ainel :-- £ churches, at iIo.OOO each 400,000 iSO chapels, at i'o.OOO ea. !i -iOO.OOO ■IV) .soho.ly, at £2,nooeaoh 600,000 80 colleges, at £2.000 each... 400,000 SO baths and wash-houses, a< £5,001) each ... ... 400,000 (0 infirmaries, at £10:000 * l ''i ... ... ' ... 400,000 80 reformatories, at £o,ooo &teh .:: .;■. ..; 40(?,000
40 blind asylums, at £5,000 P : >di ... 200/)00 Furnish 400 l.feboats and stations .... 200,0 o() Give 'to foreign mis-ions, -£400.000..-. ... ... 400.000 80 public parks, at J SOO ca.:li 400 000 1,300 cottages fot- people who live in cellars 200,000 20 .museums -of. science and art, at £IO,OOO ..'. ..-. 900,000 1,000 drinking fountains for man and cattle, at £2OO rach ••• ... . . . 200.000 40 free libraries, at £5,000 e ; "cli w 200 S.O Pension 10,000 old people at £2O a year each ... ... 200.000 Divide £200.000 amongst nil temperance societi-s ... 200,000 Give A 2,00,000 to the British and Foreign Bible So>-i->ty 200 OO'O Save 200,000 people alive in the Chinese famine .. 200 O'OO 1-.0.00.000 ib s . beef. 5,000,000 lbs. bread, 5,000,000 lbs. tea, and 4,000,000 lto\ sugar 200,000 Total ... £6,000,000
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Kumara Times, Issue 738, 10 February 1879, Page 2
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