New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-02
TIE QUEENS INCONE.
Elnn TIE GenNennt,s hnnn.inc

From The Geadenan's haga-inc.
The allowance of 100000 year for the Priyy
Purse is tue carrying out OF commendaDle gener-
Osity with which great nation treats It's SoYeI-
elm Every want of the Sovereign is already
provided for. She has houses to iIye in horses 10
wants all paid. $4,000 year set aside tor her dis
pensations IN charity, and small balance OF over
&, 900 year LETT Tor contingencies.
1t will not appear clear to the ordinary mind
what channels OF expenditure the Queen iinGs tor
this 100000 allotted for the Priyy Purse. nor
would il IN some cirC umstances be any business for
the ordinary mind to trouble itself with the prob
lem. But the question is thrust upon the public
by the repeated demand for fresh supplies made on
account of the Royal Family; and as Nj Fox
neither whose craftsmanship nor whose loyalty can
be called in question, has put it, the question IS
Is The Civil List inadequate to the purposes OF
fully maintaining and supporting the children oil
We have seen that every possible want of the
Household is literally provided for. with tnhing
sum of IS 900 in supplement OF fOOOUO Tor tho
Priyy Purse. But that by no means represents me
children a fresh demand Is now made on the TAX;
payer. on the accession OF her Majesty the Giyll
List was arranged Oh the basis described. nero
was added a sort OF bonus the revenues Ca Tug
Duchy OF Lancaster. This OF course Is a national
estate. the property of the People. But, witha
generosity NOT here or elsewhere rs far rs know,
called in question, It was bestowed upon the Queen
for her private use and benefit. Since It's appro-
pIiatlon the revenues of the estate have more than
doubled. / have not at hand the figures of 1877,
lut ten years later, III 1917, the net revenues OF
the Duchy were f29,O00. In 1875 they had
reached to GG3,O00; and on the 3lst December,
1850 the last date on which the accounts Were
nubljshed the net receipts from this were G7sl77.
all of which goes to the Queen for her private use
In addition to these items there - capital sum OF
a ouarter of a mi lion which lust thirty years ago
person named Neild beQueahed to the Queen FOR
her personal use. a.,
Ii from these data we attempt 20 ascertain inc
means at the disposal of her Majesty for family
objects we reach this conclusion: civil List,
ESQ. 900; Duchy OF Lancaster, $4,000; interest
al So per cent on the Ne I'd bequest $500. fhis
Gives total OF el45. 900 year for the spending OF
winch anxious thought fails TO discover any posi-
blt, on the prt of lady living IN the manner
I'm eodeayoring to answer the question put by
MI Fox am careful 10 eliminate anything IN the
form OF CONJECTURE Ihe lhree l;en7 rom Wnich
this total of the Queens personal ana pllN te H.
come il derived are set forth either as Pdlilanen-
tary estimates or in Official documents. Inc
eco 600 from the PriYy Purse is the most familiar
sum Ministers Of the Crown and others who IRON
their point of duty very properly endcaFor 70
minimize facts. are accustomed TO Keep TINS hguIo
i'm the forefront as If 1t the only source Of the
prlyato income OF the Queen. quote the figures OF
tie revenues OF the DLchy of Lancaster from me
balance-shect issued on the authority OF the ugh'
honorable gentleman the Chancellor OF the DucLy
As for the Neild bequeSt the Will of that eccentric
lee tee was proved in Doctors Commons by the
Keeper of her Majesty's Pryy Purse and other exc
cutOrs on October -, 49,, anu the estate N@'
sworn under 100000.
But Il would be IN insult TO common sense 20 sup
private income of the Queen. IL Is clear that me
amount allotted by Parliament IN 1887 ior tno
maintenance of the Royal Household cannot De
spent in the circums tances Of the seml-relTenehl III
which IL pleaSes the Sovereign u live. There must
needs be- year after year, great savings III mo
various departments. for which, as we nave seem
snecial provision Is made, with the object oil ap'
pTopretinc them to other accounts. This has been
gong on iJr twenty years, and within mat peroe
The accumulated savings OF the Priyy fuIse must
have reached enormous proportions.
IL would he idle or indulge IN wild CueSses asto
what the Queens income may be when we ada INC
interest OF accumulated savings 20 the ordinary
ara
time state of affairs and anyone accustomed 10 mo
miracles of oompound interest may form his own
estimate, | am content IT, take my stand on ING
Els. 900 which her Majesty now receives over ana
above all possible and conceivable charges iGa
household cA penses. aud submit that, win inns III
view, we must answer Dir. oAs question IN tno
By happy coincidence. the sum available tot
appropriation IN this natural manner "ouid reC
nearly meet the cxiyences OF tho case. 1 ne frih,
cess ROYAL draws $4,000 year; tho frlhco ana
Princess of Wales have between them t2o,OO0 t0e
Duke of Edinburgh, f25.O00; the D1ke OF Con-
nanpht eos 600 Princess Helena, 10000 Prn'
cess louise, "a similar sum; and Irinee Lcopoia
$4,000. These make totai OF tl390OO E w.
year 1t rs proposed TO add TO Prince LeoPolds
10 900 an additional fl0 900. which would bring
the total demand upon the head OF the fanny "
$1,000 sum SO near that available that thsro
could he difficulty IN amicably adjusting Ino
small balance IN a family council. Ii VIII dc soon
that such arrangement could in no measure in
commode her Majesty. She would ; sun o nt az
f325, 900 year TO spend, putting entirely ous'A
account any interest from accumulated SAVINGS
This is however, an oi-hand arrangement wn.D
1t does not come within reasonable pr opapd s.
suppose would DO adopted, or even serousH us
cussed 1t would be said that it is none OF our p's
ncss and that we have no more night 70 inte,1 p,s
with the family arrangeu ents OF Queen hictoiis
than with those of our next-door neighbor ihsnS
guite true; but il is equally true, when the bnsn
ttaxnayer is asked for fresh subsidy in relei =,
family ARRANGEMENTS, that he has the melancholy
ngh. to look INTO the matter in the same way -
might examine any other proposed business trAa'S''
ton