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There are almost 120,000 free masons registered under the great lodge of England. They belong to 2,320 lodges. The average weight of an English boy ; of t£n is, 67 pounds; of a man of pounds.
England has 91 joint stock banks, with 3,179 branches; Scotland ten, with 1,019 branches; Ireland nine, with 513 branches.
Norwegian shipping comes first of foreign nations in British porta. She clears 6,000,000 tons a year, against *,000,000 from Qermhny. Two tons of beet are equal in feeding 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 the late marquis of Bute’s property exceeded $25,000,000, the amount on which inheritance duty could be levied was only ' $4,640,000. .Ths tax was $392,006.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3605, 2 December 1905, Page 4
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156ALL ENGLISH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3605, 2 December 1905, Page 4
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