Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-12
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When Queen Victoria came to
the throne in 1887 the usual steps |
were taken to provide for the sup
port Of her Majesty and the royal
household. A select committee of
twenty-one members was appoint
ed by the House of Commons to
prepare estimates for such support. |
The charges for the household of
William ". were made the basis |
Of their calculations. They seem |
really to have taken it as a model
household, and to have arranged
the present one on almost exactly |
the same plan, and with just about
the same expenses. For her Majes- |
ty's privy purse they set apart
$500, 900 yearly; for household sala-
riss, $656, 300; for ordinary house
hold expenses, $S82, 500; for royal
bounty, etc., $66, 900, and for vari-
ous other small items, $40, 200. The
total is 4385, 900, or about 5 ,925, 600.
The estimate was agreed to by the
House of Commons, and so the ac-
count stands to-day. Some of the
offices for which provision was
made in that list have since become
obsolete, and the incumbents have
absolutely no duties to perform.
Yet the offices are still filled and the
salaries are still paid as before.
These items by 40 means con-
stitute the whole expense of the
Queens household, and that lump
sum of $1,925, 900, is by no means
her whole income from the nation
al treasury. She also receives the
revenues of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter, which amount to SIZE, 900 net.
The amount from this source is not
uniform, but that was the sum re-
ceived for the last year reported
1S76-77. This swells her Majesty's
privy purse to $5l5, 200 per annum
out of the funds of the nation. On
this sum she has absolutely no de.
mands for her actual ordinary ex-
penses. 1t is clear pocket money.
She 10 under no necessity of laying
out single penny Of it, for every
possible expense seems to be
provided for in other allow
ances. II she travels by water,
ayacht is placed at her disposal at
Government expense. If she trav-
els by rail, the country likewise
foots the bill by an additional al
lowance. Even for charity she
need not draw upon her own purse,
for q liberal grant is made for this
express purpose. Not only does she
travel by water in royal yachts, but
small fleet of these yachts is bull
and kept in repair for her particu
lar use. This of itself is an enor
nous extra bill, but I have NJ
means of finding the amount of it
The maintenance of royal palaces
takes an additional $l57 800 a year
and the maintenance of roya
parks and pleasure gardens take!
another $529, $50 per annum.
Adding the annual allowance to
her Majesty, the net revenues o
the Duchy of Lancaster and the
maintenance of royal palaces
parks, and pleasure gardens, WI
have total of $685., 800 a year
This does not include the travelling
expenses OF the Queen, the mainte
nance of the royal yachts, or any
of half dozen other important
items which are strictly part O.
the expenses ofroyalty in England
Allowances to other members OF
the royal family are also addition
alitems. 'In fact" as an English
authority says, "if all the expenses
incidental to the honor and dignity
of the Crown could be ascertained,
it would be found that the e3S5, ,00C
annually settled by Parliament
upon her Majesty, constitutes but a
very small portion of the actual
cost of the royalty"