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Show rPRESTDENTl I 1 llOH'iwl I I TUB IIBAI. OK TUB : TTCTTrFTC' Tkansvaai. . . . KKUbLK r,:i.ohmc is a ; FORTUNE.... I MltM0KAIHB- Those who are In tne habit of thinking think-ing ot Mr Kruger ns a mere farmer may be surprised lo hear that he Is a millionaire at least onte. How many time over that nice round sum has accumulated In his savings It Is Impossible Im-possible to say To begin with, be has the handsome salary as president ot 7,000 a year, together with toffee nllowanco, which is supposed to be his entertaining money, ot 300 a year Heine of frugal turn of mind, Mr Kruger bas for many year past lived on bis coffee money, while out of his presidential salary and "nerqultltes ' Ho Isbellevtl to have succeeded In saving about 30,000 a yiar Over and abova this Mr. Kruger bas many Indirect sources ot Income, It bos bean shown that bo has a very largo Interest In tbe Netherlands Neth-erlands railway, whllo he Is also directly di-rectly concerned In tha consumption ot dynamite, a well as several other flourishing monopolies, Mr, Kruger owes over 100 farms In different parts of the Transvaal Soma are productive, others are not. For instance, in-stance, rn tho Ituttenberg district many of the beat tobacco-growlng farms aro his, and the lesiecs pay him Tery handsome rtnts |
