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the people, and the following tables, compiled from well-known 

 works on the subject, will show how much of this wealth is 

 accounted for. 



Census returns also indicate how the people fall under the 

 various age groups. The last statistical information on the 

 subject shows that while 360 persons in every thousmd fall 

 under the age of 15 years, 640 in every thousand of the popu- 

 lation 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 popu- 

 lation of 27,520,000. 



Deducting from this total the paupers, say 1,200,000, and 

 another two millions of necessitous people who have nothing 

 to give, and we have a residue of 24,320,000. 



Then cut off your misers, curmudgeons and persons of that 

 ilk, who will not part with a penny under any circumstances, 

 and number them at the odd 320,000, and you still have 

 upwards of 24 millions of good citizens who help their fellow- 

 beings according to their means. 



The following statement shows that 435,614 of the large 

 philanthropists are accounted for : — 



* Income of Private Peksons 



Income of Firms 



No. of Firms Assessed 



No. of Private Persons 



Assessed .... 



58,274 Total Amount of Charity 



from Firms .... £1,642,910 

 377,340 Total Amount of Charity 



from Private Persons £4,734,820 



Total 



. 485,614 



Total . 



£6,377,730 



* Compiled from Whitaker's Almanack, 1907, p. 397, 



