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according to their means, while otliers give their hundreds and 

 thousands of pounds, many of the wealthy setting aside a 

 certain part of their vast income for this unostentatious work, 

 quite apart from their great puhlic gifts to hospitals and other 

 charitable institutions wliich are blazoned abroad in the news- 

 papers. 



From the following examples we may be able to deduce 

 something that will enable us to form a crude idea of the 

 colossal proportions of that beneficent shape called Charity, 

 whose radiant form is ever brightening the homes of those who 

 are in sore need of her ministering grace. 



The taljle is compiled from information, supplied by personal 

 friends, of what they pay in Poor-rates and what they give 

 annually in private charities. 



Some of the Donors 



The persons enumerated may be regarded as representative, 

 as it will be seen that they are drawn from many grades of 

 society; while the amounts paid in Poor-rates and Charities 

 are the average of several years : — 



Occupation. 



Amount paid in 



Poor-rates. 



Amount given in 

 Cliaritles. 



Domestic Servant 



Artisan 



Small Shop-keeper 



Bank Clerk 



Private Secretar}' on small salary 



Lady of small means 



Country Gentleman, moderate means 



Novelist 



Retired Military Officer 



Bank Manager 



Manufacturer 



£ J. d. 



None 



None 



3 14 

 None 

 None 



5 1 1 



6 4 5 



4 18 3 

 9 10 



13 8 4 

 40 5 



£ s. d. 



1 10 

 15 



2 10 

 4 

 2 10 



25 



21 



81 10 6 



45 



53 15 G 



1,270 19 11 



These figures prove that a vast amount of money must 

 come from the pockets of the British public every year, 

 allliough the actual amount may never be ascertained. 



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

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

 total. 



Eloquent Private Charity Statistics 



In regard to the distribution of national wealth, statisticians 

 are agreed as to how a part of it, at all events, is divided among 



