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Show MIGHTY CITY OF LONDON. Its Million Houses and Hupdrtds of Millions of Income. The 0,500,000 people In Greater London Lon-don live In 028,008 houses. The population popu-lation 100 years ago was Just one-fifth one-fifth what it 1b now. Though the number of births was nearly double the number of deaths in 19QI, the, birth rato Is steadily declining. The postal figures show that In 1905 there wero 1,028 post ofllces In London, and 2,435 public telephones workings The total Imports at London in 1904 amounted to $819,008,000, and tho total to-tal exports $462,299,000. Somo idea of London's wealth is shown by tho assessed as-sessed lncomu tax value In 1901 in the administrative county, houses representing repre-senting $619,204,000, trades and professions pro-fessions i $364,045,000 profits of companies com-panies and othyr liltcrests $698,511,-000, $698,511,-000, salaries (corporate bodies) $115,-044,000, $115,-044,000, salaries (army and navy) $103,074,000, In 1905 thero wero 2,993 motor cars and 1,852 motor cycles In London. Licenses to drlvo wero granted to 8,070 people, the fees received re-ceived amounting to $30,800. Statistical Statis-tical Abstract. |