FORTUNE ON MOTHS.
STOHY CF A BANKRUPT. LONDON, October 17. James John Jokey, son of a millionaire. who was unable to live on £20,0)0 a year and has been twice bankrupt, explains that he spent his entire fortune'at'the rate of twelve thousand sterling jer year, collecting butterflies and moths. f° r which he had collectors working in all parts oi the world. He has a million specimens, valued at sixty thousand sterling, one being valued at five hundred sterling. He intends leaving his collection to the British Museum, because it is valuable to the nation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 18 October 1926, Page 7
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