COAL ROYALTIES.
AN EARL'S LITTLE PICKINGS. Received May .13,. l-ssa.ni. London, May 10., The Earl of Durham, giving evidence: before the Coal Commission, saicThe owned 12411 acres which were leased to* colliery companies. Six thousand were, ■nought within the last century, four thousand between 1720 and 1820, and the remainder was ancient land owned." by the Lambton family. Royalties, rents and privileges yielded £58,910, in 1913 and £40,000 in 1918.-AUB.-N35. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1919, Page 5
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72COAL ROYALTIES. Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1919, Page 5
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