' Great Britain and Ireland have about 1,600,000 dogs, Germany not quite so many, while France has no fewer than 2,900,000. A native in the Maritzburg district of Natal tendered. payment of his poll-tax half in coppers and the remainder in pumpkins. He was much disgusted when he was told that pumpkins were not legal currency.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2118, 28 June 1907, Page 3
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55Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2118, 28 June 1907, Page 3
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