, 1876-04-17
QUEEN VIC.
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A prominent mcmbor Of Parliament tBAys Ap.
p'elons Jourt.ai) recently announced Ia d spncch
That Ouocn fictortas yonnrest dauRhtor. Pr,n.
.os. Ta.,,so. ~. ono.osa - :. n.sr,.d rh,.
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btatoment Was haose0uontly enntraaleIod. pHs III
hll probability It Was premature rather than or
roneous. It has boon feature in tho Quoon's
pnltov Ia rn,rrv hor dauc1tora carIy. and II IA
UNLIKELY 'aat eno 'nseua1 'no so""scss 20 10 ~
exception to. thia fnlo In th'h case FafIsament
will bo of course applied 10 for provision for
the ptlncess On the same scale AZ that elyon 10
hcr o1flsr r,.or.. namelv. I'd, ,eA)o voar. whist,
'au a o.a,s '1. a." ,tt .s wv.
WIZ h'aAo tue o't4te n"'n e'*u'oa ~ '"s .soy"'
family. exclusive Of tho ehhuAl grant OF 49s's-
900 to tho Queen horsolf. El49,00o pof aunu1n.
This will ba tae last grant 10 tho present genera
tIo,, hut nro v,ara benco I'm oiacat ann of tho
r,~,. - ,v.Iov ,v,,, h. ~ ..o am, az ,Iior,ncn
ee'aoo OF "@'cs wa 10 o' @set anu gu a''o"a'''o
will 10 tho ordinary eoatho OF tn'nes % 70"
quirej for him, evon ii thcro has not previously
been m anpuntjpa for a further SUI, for his
t.,t,,, .,a .rn,,whi,o r,,o y, thn o~iat,,r
'A.nof "ou aseA"u"o wv. ". ~ ~ 's "oa, =,
pansioh8' WIN sho o1cep'o" U. 'aas 1o'Vuo' IT.
lotted to the Duchess OF Cambridge, eau ha OK
pecscti to expire.
From this pont Of Wow. thon, the burdons Of
the British ttx-pn7er aro not likely to SEQ any
abatef1ont but, Oh Tho other band, tncrs IL !
very satisfactory sot-oN In thu fhct that under
improved management tho revenue derived from
Tho 7ast estate which tho Grown surrendered to
tho country for fixed Parliamentary grant hks
Of late augmented 10 auch d dogres that it, last
year, noarly covered the whole Of this grant,
md will doubtless In time tat e1coae II. Tho
eauo may bo said In regard to tho revonuss Of
tho two NoYAl DuolioB OF Lanolator and Corn.
wall. In 1865, tho Queen rocoivod from the
former. as Duchesa Of Lancaster and 1eifsaa Of
John OF Gaunt. .E26, 600 IN 1874, cal, 900. Tho
increase hss for years continued 1t tho rate Of
IN average OF aome $4,000 year. ThiB revenue
10 entirely tndependapt of that granted by tbs
Legislature. and completely at hor own disposal.
Tho Duchy OF Cornwall roYenuo has riaon from
Ca 600 In 1921 to era 600 today, and increases
ut tho rata Of about .E3.000 = yoar but It IL
probable that tho increase Tt ore Ion tako
sudden leap to a much larger sum, by the falling
Ia Of loAeez, .nd that the income from thus
BouFco Will rondct future Prince OF Wales to-
dependent OF a par,iamansarV grant.
Moreover, there Ia good reason to suppoeo
tha. tho Royal family OF England wilt. like tho
houao Of UrloanH, ba rendered vcrY snderend.
ont OF largo Ktanta from the B:ato In ttme to
como by the Immense property they will Inherit
from Quocn Victoria, who must DO ono Of tho
wealthieak PERSONS ip tho world quite Apnrt from
her B.ato revenue. Not only DOES she own the
valuable properties OF Osborne and Batmaral
(the latter mora than 1t 900 acres), both OF
which, although not HourccB OF Yoyoliuc. would
sell for Immense aunlb, but her accumuatons Of
money mtlst DO proalgious. Like many persons
who hnve boon bced under peculiarly difficulties,
and tho very money which brough. her mothor
back to England to giye birth 10 iler was bor-
rowod.-ue hiaiesty'a expenditure has always
boon exceedingly careful. No establishment In tho
world has boen conducted with mora thorough
Prince Uonsost, aud i1er consequent rctlremeat,
an Immense saring has boon objected In her OK
pcndlturo. OF hor .E155, 000a year 1t was ar-
ranged, At the buginnlug OF her roign, that ali
except .E96 900 should bo divided bstwocn tho
three preat departments Of her honschold. Or