The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-05
The Pay of Kings.

FRANCIS Joseph, Emperor OF Austria and
King of Hungary, born in August, 1880,
has civil list Gas his salary is generally
callcd) of 81, G5O, 600 year. Leopold H.,
King of Belgium, born in April, 1885, has
civil list of $4,000 year. Christian,
TX, King of Denmark, born in Ari, 1918,
has civil list of 100000 rigsdalcrs, or
1927, ,786. His eldest son has an annual al
lowancc of $33,333. MacMahon, late
President of the French.Repubic, had an an
nual salary of $4,000, with an extra
$50, 900 for housekeeping expenses. Pre-
sident Thicrs had the same salary, with
ST, 500 for housekeeping. Napoleon III.
had the largest civil list in the world. 1t
! amounts to $5, 900, 900 year, in addition
to which he received the income of the
crown domains, amounting to 50, 400, 900,
| and the free possession of a number Of pa
| laces, parks, forests and mansions, kept at
the expense of the State. His total income
reached the sum of 81, 100000. Ncverthe-
less, the debts of the Imperial civil list were
stated in 1867 to amount to SIG, 600, 600.
William l., born in March, 1897, receives
no salary as German Emperor. His annual
salary as King of Prussia is $3,079, 76O.
Most Of the expenditure of the royal family
and the court is betrayed out of the sove-
reign's immense private property. TMd-
wig H., King of Bavaria, born in August,
1916, has civil list Of 1878, $50. Karl
l., King of Wurtembrg, born in Nu.rch,
1928, has civil list of 1901, 686, with an
additional annual grant of 81, 357. 355 for
the other members of the royal family. AL
bert l., King of Saxony, born April, 1928,
has civil list of 1886, 600, with an addi-
tional S127, $50 a year for the Princes and
Princcsscs. This little grant may be jus
tifiablc, as in 1880 the rcigning monarch
surrendered his domains to become the pro-
perty of the State. Victoria, Queen, born
in May, 1919, has civil list of s, 1926, 900,
with $4,000, 600 more from the Dutchy of
Lancaster. one of the crown lands which
she did not surrender, according to con-
tract with Parliament, to the State. Thus
her annual income is $2,225, 600 year.
TO her children and to tho Duke of Edin-
burgh is further sum of $3.50, COO, making
total OF 80, 105, 900 to British ROYALTY.
George l., King of Greece, born in Dccem-
Der, 1916, has civil list $3.50, 900 year.
Humbert, of Italy, born in 1914, has not
accepted the large civil list (3,25O, OOO)
granted to his late father. William III,
King of the Netherlands, born In February
1919, has salary Of $3.50, 600, with an ad-
dition of half as much more for members
of the royal family. He and the King of
Wurtemberg arc believed to be the richest
sovercigns of Europe. The whole grants
to Louis l., Of Portugal, born in 1888, and
his family, amount to $500, 900. Alexander
H., of Russia, born in April, 1918, posses
scs the revenue from the immense crown
domains, equal to $40, 900, 900 year. Al
tonso Kill, of Spain, born in November,
1857, has civil list of $2,OOO,OOO. Oscar
H., of Sweden, born January, 1929, has a
civil list of 1888, $50 from Sweden and
1914, 445 from Norway. He also has a an
nuity of $93, $50, voted many years ago to
Carl XIV (Bernadotte) and his successors
on the throne of Sweden the total is $4l6,-
105 per annum. The President of the
Swiss Republic, who has only single year
term, receives $3, 900 per annum Never
theless, Switzerland is well governed.
There is no knowing what is the salary or
income Of Abdul Hamid, Sultan Of Turkey,
born September, 1872 The civil list of
Abdul Aziz, who was almost his immediate
predecessor, varied from $4,557, $50, in
1868, to $5, 351 ,020, in 1876, but it has
been calculated on good authority that in
the latter years of his reign, which closed
in May, 1876, Abdul Aziz sent $22, 500, 600
a year. 1t is not near that amount just now.
Lord Lytton receives 925, 900 year salary
and 912, 1000 for ''allowances" as Viccroy
Of India. The Duke of Marlborough gets
EGO, 600 year as Lord Lieutenant Of Ire
land. The Earl Of Dufferinrcceivcd e10, 900
salary as Viccroy of Canada