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There are almost 120,000 free mason* registered under the great lodge of England. They belong to 2,320 lodges. Tim average weight of aai English bov of ten is 67 pounds; at a man of 30,’ 15C pounds; of a man fit ®°. 168 pounds. England has 91 joint stock banka, with 3,179 branches; Scotland tan, with 1,019 branches; Ireland nina, with Ml branches. Norwegian shipping comas flitsi of foreign nations in British ports. She clears 6,000,000 tons a year, against 4.000. from Germany. Two tons of beet are equal in feeA Ing value to four tons of hay, but its cultivation has proved too expensive to be profitable to English farmers. The average British resident gets in a year by post 54 letters, nine postcards, 17 book packets and circulars, four newspapers and about two parcels. Although the value of ths late marquis of Bute's property exceeded 125,000,000, the amount on which inheritance duty could be levied was only 94.840.000. The tax was 9391,QD9.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3556, 5 August 1905, Page 4
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165ALL ENGLISH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3556, 5 August 1905, Page 4
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