Thirty million pounds, accordin'": to figures gleamed from the New York tax-hooks, represent the total valkie of land and buildings on Manhattan Island owned by the Astor family. The assessed valuation of the Astor property in New York, which is approximately 60 per cent of the marketable value, amounts to £21,591,860, and of this immense total the share of Mr William Waldorf Astor, who lives in England, represents an assessed value of £lO,058,000. Colonel John Jacob Astor,. a. cousin, pays taxes on £8,240,560, while the estate of his father, the late Mr William Astor, is assessed at £3.293,300. A fortune of £4,000,000 left sixty-three years ago by the founder of the Astor fortune has thus increased more than sevenfold in the value of the Manhattan realty holdings alone. Athletes! After your strenuous games of Cricket, Tennis, or Bowls, visit the Grey Street Hot Baths. Where a nice hot plunge, followed by a cold shower, will remove all traces of tiredness, and make you feel it is good to be alive even in these hot summer days. —Harry Hull, proprietor.*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3391, 5 December 1911, Page 6
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179Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3391, 5 December 1911, Page 6
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