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Sta,—Lt.-Colonel Pelly's interesting survey might be accepted but for .one

thing. You cannot distribute evenly the wealth of a community. As soon as you try to do so it decreases and eventually disappears. On the other hand, you can distribute poverty. As you do so it increases

and finally becomes universal.—Yours, .8tc., DAVID NAYLOR. 83 Wood Vale, S.E.23.