Wealth

is really anything which has an exchange value, and is in the form, the amount, and the place in which it is wanted. But wealth in ordinary parlance is used in the sense of income, and the distribution of it in Great Britain is interesting. The number of incomes from £150 to ^500 a year is about 350.000, from.£500 to ^1000 about 32,000, from £1000 to £$000 about 20,000, and over £5000 about 3000. That is to say, the enormous fortunes are in the hands of a very few, and the spread of municipal socialism has been greatly speeded by the operations of private concerns of a huge size. It seems curious that so many people should make material wealth their ideal and goal in life, when they must know that it is limited in supply, ana that, if they get it to exce , some one else must go without it. On the other hand, all the wealth which is 4 not made with hands,’ is not limited and the more each of us has e.g. of knowledge, leisure,; health, etc.—the more we can give to or share with S our neighbours. an aggregate personalty of £51,670.000. The following list gives tneir names, the source of their wealth, and the amount 4 in you sands.’ The list only