English Pound US Dollars
Pence .26 .48
Shilling 3.10 5.80
Crown 15.50 29.00
Pound 62.00 116.00
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[Illustration: Large model locomotive]
Photo: Daily Mirror. Large model locomotive built for one of the royal
princes of Siam by Messrs. Bassett-Lowke, Limited. It is one-quarter
the size of a modern express engine; weighs two tons, with tender; is
fifteen feet long; will pull seventy persons; and has a highest speed
of about thirty miles an hour.