In the forty years between 1792 and 1832 there were, outstanding notes of the Bank of England, presumed to have been lost or destroyed, amounting to £1,350,000 odd, every shilling of whidj was dear profit to the Bank. *- The best-paid British Ambassador is Sir Francis Bertie, whose representation of Britain in France brings him £9,000 a year. Viscount Gough, as British Minister resident in Saxony, receives the lowest pay—£3so. “Papa, what is satire?” “Well, for ex ample, when your mother asks me how much I’ve won at the prayer meeting.”
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Evening Star, Issue 12866, 16 July 1906, Page 7
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90Untitled Evening Star, Issue 12866, 16 July 1906, Page 7
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