The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
ROYAL SALARIES.
yVasAT TaEE KENGs AND PRINCES OFF
EUROPE ARE PAID FOR
THEIR SERVICES.

EUROPE ABE PAID FOR
THEHn SERVICES.
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In this country, where the Executive is con- |
aidered to be passing rich, on @ salary OF
$4,000 year, with the White House as gem
gral and Che Soldiers Home as O summer res |
regarding the pecuniary allowance paid TO
foreign Dotentates It Is to be remembered,
however, that the majority Of these rulers
also possess inherited property, real ana per-
sonaf, Oh considerable value, and that the re-
suectiye rulers are also allowed magnificent
palaces. ehateaux and rural residences, re- |
paired and furnished out OF the public reve-
nues. Taking most of our figures from Fred
ssrick Morton's "Statesmans Year Book O.
very reliable work, revised after official re-
turns. and now In its fifteenth year, we shall
proceed with the potentates.
Francis Joseph, Emperor. OF Austria and
civil list las his salary Is commonly called
Leopold III, King Of Belgium, born in
April, 1895, has civil LIST OF 100000 Q year:
April 1918, has civil list Of 100000 rigsda-.
lars, BIZ S277,775. His eldest son has an annual
allowance Of $33,333 ~,
Marshal MecMahon, President OF inc
French republic, has an annual salary OF
100000, with an extra 100000 for household
exnenses. President Theirs had the same
salary. with SRI, $50 for housekeeping:
Napoleon LII had the largest civil list in the
world It amounted to 900 o year, IN
addition to which he received the income OF
tie crown domains amounting. to s2s40o, GOO.
and the free possession OF number OF palaces,
parks, forests and mansions kept at the OK, x,
uense OF The State. His total income reached
the sum Of 81, 900. Nevertheless, the dnpts
OF the Imperial civil list were stated In 1867 to
amount to S16.O0ooo0:
William !, born 10 March, l7ga, received no
E 49,. m, annual l.
ary as King OF Prussia is S3,o79, $780, Most OF
the expenditures Of the royal family and the
court ID betrayed out of the sovereign's Inn
1nense private property;
gust, 1916 has civil list of 81 ,578 $685. Karl !,
King OF Wurtemberg, born 10 March, 1873,
has q civil list Of 1891 ,6S5, with an additional
annual grant OF 81 fos the, the ofheT kline menu
S5axony, born April, 1928, has civil list OF
$685. 1000, with an additional $127, $50 o year for
the princes and princesses. This latter. grant
may be uetiabe as IN IN lso sne - rehlgnmg
monarch surrendered his domains 10 pecoIAe
the property Of the state,
The Grand Duke of Baden has a civil list OF
1914 655 for himself and the members OF his
family The hereditary ana sa 6 ba ee Oh
made over to the State. The Grand Duke OF
MeclSlenburg- Schwerin, who claims to be the
only European sovereign OF the SlayOnlc OIL
gin. pretends that he can trace his descent to
Genseric King Of the Vandals, who conquered
Spain La the fifth century, and, going over 70
Africa, took Carthage in 43s a. ID. IL ms y Jul
title he styes himself, "Prlnce OF the Van :
owner of one-iifth of the wholea area Of the
T,iliputian duchy which he governs. The
Grand Duke Of Hesse, son-in-aW OF queen
Victoria, has a civil list OF $528,71O Tor the
support of himself his near relations, ana MS
little court at Darmstadt
The civil list Of the Grand Duke OF Olden-
burg ID S125,O0o; of Brunswick, 10000; OF
Sake eimar, $21O, 900; OF SAGE Melnlngen,
ssot GOTTA sioo, 900: Of -Aitenburg, s1ol256;
OF sWaideck, $lS3,675; of Lippe $4,000; OF
Sehwarzburg- Rudolstadt, $50, 600; OF Schwarz-
burg Sonderhausser, $4,000; OF schaumburg
Iippe, St25,000.
The Grand Dukes Of Mecklenburg- Strelitz,
Reuss-Schleiz and Reuss-Greiz absolutely
own most of the States which they govern.
II is ful time for Whole 81 these petsy
% ID to constitute real German empire:
Victoria Queen of England born in May.
sse has civil list Of 900 with 100000
daYl the Duchy OF Lancaster one Q. sne oromn
IS sEs contract with Parliament, to the state
Z. nus her annual income is $2.225 cog q? year
NNfo her children and to the Duke OF Edinburgh
paid IA fnrt 6he S sun t q s9 royatv
s George [, King of Greece, born in Decem
4 her, 1916, has a civil list Of $26o,8oo year
IL Humbert, OF italy, born In 1874, has not &C
eepted the fa4rge civil W 11s King Of tht
III Netherlands, born in 1910, has 2 salary g
y S25O.oOO. with an addition OF half as muef
more for members of the royal family. II
and the King of Wurtemberg are belleve q, *
be the richest sovereigns In Europe. IN
whole grants to Louis /, OF PORTUGAL, noIn n IL
1888, and his family, amount TO s6eo'ooo
year. =, .,;, 1910
r,nesasses the revenue from the immense
crown domains equal to $10,000,000 year
Alfonso XII, q Spain, born In November
1857. has o civil list of S2,000,0OO. Oscar Ii
King of Sweden and Norway, born BORN n IN Janu
ary 1899, has civil list OF S9so'39g iron ron
Sweden and fr eao Noed manV No ve a,I
ago to Carl xiv (Bernadotte), and bis success
soIs on the throne of Sweden; the total i
S416,105 per annum. .,. ,>
The President of the Swiss Republic, s Wn'
has only a single year term, receives 500
r1er annum. Nevertheless, Switzerland ls wei
governed: j. ,os.1orr =
income Of Abdul Hantid, Sultan OF turkey
born September, 1912 The civil nst OF ADO. ADda
<essor, varied from 81, 557 $50 In 1863 70 S5,35l
090 in 1875. but it has been calculated on goo
authority that in the latter years OF MS relgI
which closed In May, 1876. Abdul Aziz spen
S22, 10000 year. 1t is not near tnaV amour
Lord Lytton receives Iz5,666 year -
and g12,0oo for ALLOWANCES" as Viceroy 6
India. The Duke of Marlborough gets G2o
900 g wear as Lord Lieutenant OF lrelanc
The Earl of Dufferin has 100000 salary
Viceroy of Canada.
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