THE FOUR RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 25 August 1880, Page 2

THE FOUR RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD.

♦ home rather interesting pnr'iculars have just been published as to the four men who are supposed to be the most wealthy living. Of these the poorest is His Grace the Duke of Westminster, whose income is set down nt £800 OCX I ayenr. Taking it at that sum, the amount which the Duke can spend without entrenching on his capital is £2000 a-day, £90 p?r hour, and £1 10< a ruinu'e. The next man in the ast'e>'ditigr scale is Senator Jones of Nevada, whose income is milled at exactly one million s^r'inir, g : ving him the rii>ht to sp nd, if he likes £2 a minute cot of Ms revenue. The head of the Rnihschild family comes "next, with a yearly income of two mil* lions, and the expanses which he can defray thereout are, of course double as great as those of the Senator. At the fop of the list conies Mr J. W. MWlcar, | wilh a rerenue of 2f mi linns, which enables him to disburse £7000 a d-y, £300 an hcu-. £5 a minute. The for* tunes of the other three are ins'cnificint if compared with this gentleman's | wealth ; for they were the prowtli of many years, either of successful foil or lucky speculation, or both combined. But Mr M'tclrny was 30 years aeo a penniless boy in Ireland. Sixteen years a2O he was bankrupt, and now he is th? owner of the richest silver mine that has pver been discovered.' He is now only 45 yenrs old, and if -be goes on at the same rate as during the la«t 16 years will have ample time to treble his fortune, and possess an income ten times as large as that of the Duke of Westminster. Already the capitalised value of his property is set down at 55 mil* lions sterling, against the modest 16 millions of (he Puke.