Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1895, Page 3

Notes and Events.

Mr Mallockin the Quarterly Re a^utt^ka? been showing the absurdity of ,reddcing all men to one level as to peonies. He estimates the Iflflojajß of the United Kingdom a!; «1,200,000,000, and the population at 88 millions. The average family consiß^a of fbnr and a , half persons, and thufr^iß income iW^nld be *14Oa yfiart" Butlhe^ tax .collector iK)Wffdffttittndl»ie ! Bb thus leaVirif S^Melit" #l&-a year. ! Htf fortker points out "If, letting moaerate ineome«4''alone, we dealt with the most flagrant incomes; which are

KiuiiMJtUitt ■ |<@r^^ntriSe a codntry ffantlemen, of the National Debt and ffiMfMY,;Mrasrste t amd pi ; tjje Iftoftirohi, none of us would be appreciably better off. Out of' the ruin #« thjf greafc'lmidownere, 4 each adult would gain a little over a farthing daily; the interest on tht

National Debt and the profits of the railway companies Would yield him barely more; and from the confiscated income of the Monarchy he would draw sixpence halfpenny a year." In Good Words the following interesting figures are given by Mr Preston upon Mudies* Library. The number of volumes in circulation is, in round numbers, about three and a half mjllipne. 'The monthly postage of tfifiibrary comprises 8000 letters, 0000 JSdglish and Foreign packets and naper^ and about 25,000 English ffijeypreign circulars ; and the writl§fiFisommunications by letter, postcard,, &c. received daily number not: Jfar 'from , lOOjO. The staff required for carrying on the work of the, various departments numbers altpgetlier 2s4. •