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WEALTH OF EMPIRE, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE USED 383

V.-MISCELLANEOUS. .nu. £.
EDUCATION (including II million £, Parliamentary grants and
14 million £, School Board rates) • . • • . • " 30
LITERATURE • . • • . • • • . . • . . • .. 10
NEWSPAPERS . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .. IS
CHURCH (including 14 million £, for revenues of Church of
England, with estimates for Scotland and Ireland, and for
dissent). . . . . . . • . . . . . • . .• 2S
Locomotion (tramways, 6 million £'j half receipts from rail-
way passengers, 24 million £). Tota~ 30 million £,.. 30
Theatres and Amusements 20
Total miscellaneous 130

VI.-COST 0 .. DISTlUBUTION.
Cost of distribution (estimate of British Association Com-
mittee in 1881, ISS million £" plus about 30 per cent for
increase of population and wealth since 1881) • 200
Grand total •

SUMMARY. Mln.£.
I. Food and drink • • . . . . • • • 4 68
2. Dress • . . . • . • • . . 182
3. I-Iouse . . . • . . • . . • . . . 223
4. National services (exclusive of education, etc.) 18 3
S. Miscellaneous . . . 13 0
6. Cost of distribution 200
Grand total
AU:
Professional and dMlUSli( servzfes, 1101 (ompnsed
in ollie, ilems (sa,). • . • . • . • • 100
Amollnl slenl 011 serokes resulting in pennanenl
worAs (;"vesimellls) (say). • • • • •• 264

Tolal, e~lIalling esl;maled aggregale in(tlf1lt 1,7So

Noles 10 Tdle.
In adapting the figures, and to some extent t~e methods, of the
Committee of 1881 to the present time, I have thought it more con-
venient in showing expenditure on commodities to include only the
wholesale cost of commodities consumed, less any allowance for cost