EXPENSIVE LIVING
Plain living must clearly be the order of the day in Berlin, whether or not high thinking goes along with it. Out of a total population of 1,200,000 nearly 222,000 are altogether exempt from municipal taxation as having incomes of less than .£2l a year. The incomes of nearly 270,000 range between £2l and £33 , so that, however cheap sausage, cabbage, and beer may be, there is clearly no great margin for luxurious excess. When we come the other end of the scale we find incomes proportionately modest. Incomes between £6,000 and £IO,OOO are credited to 108 individuals; eighteen persons have incomes up to £15,000, five up lo £20,000., nine up to £27,000., and four persons only exceed this sum. If we could get at similar statistics of the incomes of Germans in London the result of the comparison would probably be so startling that half Berlin would rush to swell the tide of Teutonic immigration.—Exchange.
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Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 132, 24 February 1886, Page 2
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