— Tho British and the inhabitants of the land of Cousin Jonathan are not the only countries to possess millionaires. There are some in Prussia, even. -But what a difference! Over there a millionaire is one who owns 1,000,000 marks, cnual .to, less than £50,000. There are exactly 234*- who have more.'-, than.- ?.,000.000. marks—£9s.2oo: -522 who -have from' 000,000 to 10,000.000 marks, 143 from 10.000,000 to 25,000.000, and 24. from 25:000,000. to'- 100,000,000, or £4.760,000. , Those figil'rps am. taken, from the income-tat. books.ln England a iiiiilranaire is the possessor of ftt.OOD.OOO.. " The ■French millionaire measures lnY wealth in francs, .equal- to £40,000. The Babylonian" Midas .w.-w the-richest-kind, of a millionaire „, Ho ha,l Hiooo,ooo talent?, oi £400,000,000,.each talent being £4CO. ' [J;. ■■■" V-v/;"',: '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19050427.2.66
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 13268, 27 April 1905, Page 8
Word Count
121Untitled Otago Daily Times, Issue 13268, 27 April 1905, Page 8
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.