The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-12-26
Big Salaries.

The British Government has issued, under tie
title of e Finance Account of the United King
DOM" return OF oil the receipts and expendi-
lures of the United Kingdom, in respect OF indi-
viduals. The most interesting portion of this
blue book. in the eyes of the British rate and
taxpayer, will be found IN its statements as to
salaries now enjoyed by the officers OF the Crown
civil and legal. and the pensions to which they
are entitled in respect of past services OF them
selves. or in some cases, of their ancestors. For
instance, in pages AGA will be found full list
OF the salaries enjoyed by the judges Of the land
and by the rest Of our legal staff from the Lord
Chancellor, who enjoys his 100000 year,
down to gentleman who figures as patent
messenger for South Wales" with his modest
annuity of fl3 lSs 4d. Again on page 80. the
annual allowance to each of the members Of the
royal family will be found. Her Majesty (includ-
ing of course, her civil list the salaries and ex-
penses OF the royal household. the royal bounty
and special service fund. etc.) received in the
years 1851. the SUN OF E406 7O9 l9s 90 the
Prince Of Wales, e40.000; Duke of Edinburgh.
e250 900; Dnke of COnnaughL and Prince Leo
pOu, each, tlJiUVUI rluctSs Vi WHte5, tlU,
600 the Duke of Cambridge. el2 600; the
Crown Princess Of Prussia e9 600 the Princess
Alice. Princess Helena, Princess Louise. and The
Duchess of Cambridge each, $4,000; the Prin-
cess Mary reck, 95 900 the Princess Augusta,
Duchess OF MISUNDERSTANDING, f3 600 Turn
ing to the diplomatic pensions on page AZ we
find that Lord StratlorJ de Radcliffe enjoys an
allowance of eIS76; Lord Cowley snd Lord
Napier, each. Gl,I00; Sir Geo. Hamilton Sey-
mour aud Sir James II udson, each Ell 300 while
eight or teu other gentlemen are rewarded at
about half that figure. The chief pensioners for
their services are the following: Lord Chan
cellors. each $4,000; Lord Chelmsford Lord
| Halherly aud Lori SelbOrne; Sir WIN. Erie.
s3 80 and Sir Samuel Martin, Sir Jno. Byes,
SIR Henry Heating. Lord Penzance. and Sir
Richard KindersIey each figure at s3 500. Lord
Eversey ex Speaker OF the House of Commons.
is down for u pension of $4,000 while three ex-
cabinet ministers, Sir George Gray, Spencer
| Walpole and Thomas Miner Gibson. have each
92 900. But. perhaps, the most curious portion
OF the blue book is page 80, which gives Us list
| OF the hereditary pensiOns-that Is. OF pensions
enjoyed now by individuals ON account of their
lather's or their ancestors naval and military
services. The Duke of Marlborough has e4 900
year. on account ut the services OF the winner
of Benheim, while like sum is secured to the
present and next dukes of Wellington, bnt to no
further duke, on account of Waterloo. 10 like
manner to the title of Lord Rodney there 10
affixed pension of Ell 900 OF $4,000, Tor the
book does not make it quite clear which, in per-
petuity while the present Viscount ST. Vincent
the third holder of that title enjoys pension Of
e3 900, which, however, dies with him. 1t ap-
pears that the nation in 1867 annexed in per-
petuity q pension of e3 500 TO every Earl Nell
son TO the end of time; while the present Lord
| Cnmbarmere and his son alone will receive the
e. 900 pension with which his coronet is endow-
ed Every Lord Exmouth, as long as the title
shall last, will draw e. 900 from the nation but
Lords Seaton, Napier of Magdala. keaue, Hnrd-
ings. Cough and Raglan, and their immediate
successors in their respective titles. and no de-
scendants in u further degree, will enjoy the
same amount respectively. The pensions. each
of Ell 900 enjoyed by Sir w. Fenwick Williams,
Sir Henry NJ. Havelock and Lady Havelock
and by the widows of Lords Elgn and Mayo
are for life only. The Right Honorable VIM.
Beresford, late Secretary of War, draws salary
OF 9S3 year keeper of the tennis court. at
Hampton Court place, and the following names
still stand as the receivers. as pensioners, " for
loss of post fines :" Sir Thomas Co!ebrook. fl6
l5s the Marquis of Salisbury. 94 l0s Sir Ed
Halse. el0 A ID; the Duke of Norfolk ESQ o.
ID and the Earl OF Fowls, f3 l8s Sd while
the heirs Of the Duke Of Schomberg draw Ell .79e
Is l0d, and Lord Bath presumably as one oil
them. FL 200. and the heirs Of VIM. Penn nc
less than "a 600. 1t may also astonish the world
to hear that there are still living old servants o
Queen Charlotte who draw f3l0 year, while
one of those of George III, draws fl0 quarterly
f9555 yearly goes into the pockets of person,
who were put upon the civil list by Kings
George Nv. and William IV.-Exchange.