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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3529, 1 June 1905, Page 4

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There are almost 1 CO.OOO free masons registered under the great lodge of England. They belong to 2,320 lodges. The average weight- of an English fto v of ten is (i 7 pounds; of a man of 30, 15(5 pounds; of a man of 00,. 162 pounds. 1 England has 91 joint stock banka, wiih 179 branches; Scotland ten, with 1,019 branches; Ireland nine, with 513 brnnc!;:\>. Norwegian shipping comes first of foreign nations in British ports. She clears 0.-’ ■io.OCO tons a year, against t.ooo.no!' i mm Bermany. Two 'i us of beet are equal in feeding xaine to four ions of hay. but its cnltiv;.! iim has prote»i ton expensive to la prolb aide to English ..mners. The : lerage British resident gets in n year by post 54 letters, nine postcards, 1 1* book packets and circulars, four newspapers and about two parcels. Although the, value of the late marquis of Bute's property exceeded $25,000,000, the amount on which inheritance duty could be levied was only S4,SdO.(K!o! The tax was $393,000.