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Occupation 



Private Secretary on 

 small salary 



Lady of small means 



Country Gentleman, 

 moderate means 



Novelist 



Retired Military Officer 



Bank Manager 



Manufacturer 



These figures prove that a vast amount of money 

 must come from the pockets of the British public every 

 year, although the actual amount may never be ascer- 

 tained. 



We may, however, partly by a reference to statistics, 

 and partly by a process of deduction, arrive at a fairly 

 approximate total. 



In regard to the distribution of national wealth, Eloquent 

 statisticians are agreed as to how a part of it, at all charity 

 events, is divided among the people, and the following Statistics 

 tables, compiled from well-known works on the subject, 

 wiU show how much of this wealth is accounted for. 



Census returns also indicate how the people faU under 

 the various age groups. The last statistical information 

 on the subject shows that while 360 persons in every 

 thousand fall under the age of 15 years, 640 in every 

 thousand of the population were of 15 years of age and 

 upwards. 



The estimated population of the United Kingdom 

 to-day exceeds 43,000,000, and on this basis we have an 

 adult population of 27,520,000. 



