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Evening Star, Issue 7188, 16 April 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

The official income tax returns, which have just been published in Berlin, show that the man who is rated. highest in all Prussia, is Herr Rrupp, of Assen. His income is assessed at more than five million marks, or L 250,000 sterling, on which he pays 131,200 marks, or L 7,560 annually. Next comes Baron Rothschild, of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, with an income of two and three-quarter millions, paying a tax of 81,000 marks, or L 4,050 per annum. Then follows the British Consul-General, Baron Bleichroder, of Berlin, with an income of about 2,340,000 marks, paying an annual tax of 68,400 marks, or L 3,420. The two next richest men in Prussia are two Silesian ironmasters. The only other Prussians with an income of over a million marks are Baron Hansemann and a Westphalia magnate, each of whom pays rather more than L 1,500 a year to the Treasury. Plaid and chequered materials are regaining lost ground. Whole dresses are not made of plaid; but it Is extensively used for revere and panels on corsages and skirts, |