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Show CITY OWNERSHIP IN TOWNS OF ENGLAND ... 1 - t Statistics Showing Investment, In-' In-' come and Expenses of Municipal Munici-pal Factions. LONDON, Feb. 19. A Parliamentary return Just issued relating to the reproductive re-productive undertakings of municipal - corporations gives some very remark-... remark-... able figures. There are 317 municipal corporations in England, excluding . London, and 299 carry on reproductive - undertakings. The total capital of the ." undertakings is $1,055,000,000, the aver- - age annual income being $65,000,000 and " the average annual working expenses $41,250,000. Repayments of principal and I "X payments of Interest, however, add nearly $22,500,000 to the expenditures, so that the net profits on the huge cap- ltal is only $1,891,405. |