River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
The Queens Income.
Gentleman's Magazine, London.

The allowance of 100000 year for
the Privy Purse is the carrying out of
a commendable generosity with which
great nation treats its sovereign.
Every want of the sovereign is already
provided for. She has houses to live
in, horses to ride, food and wine pro-
vided In abundance, servants all paid,
913, 900 year set aside for her dispen-
sations in charity, and small balance
of over $4,000 a year left for contin-
gencies.
1t will not appear clear to the ordi-
nary mind what channels of expendi-
ture the Queen finds for this 5000
allotted for the Privy Purse, nor would
it in some circumstances be any bust
ness for the ordinary mind to trouble
itself with the problem. But the
question is thrust upon the public
by the repeated demand for fresh sup
plies on account of the Royal Family;
and, as Mr.. Fox, neither whose states
manship nor whose loyalty can be
called in question, has put it, "the ques-
ton is, Is the Civil List inadequate to
the purposes of fully maintaining
and supporting the children of the
Crown"
| We have seen that every possible
want to the household is literally pro-
vided for, with trifling sum OF $4,000
in supplement of 100000 for the Privy
Purse. But that by no means repre-
sents the private income of the lady on
hehalf of whose children a fresh de-
mand is now made on the taxpayers.
On the accession of her majesty the
civil list was arranged on the basis de-
scribed. There was added as a sort OF
bonus the revenues of the Duchy of
Lancaster. This, of course, is an ma
tional estate, the property of the peo-
pie. But, with a generosity not here
or elsewhere, as far as know, called
in question, it was bestowed on the
queen for her private use and benefit.
Since its appropriation the revenues OF
the estate have more than doubled. |
have not at hand the figures of 1887,
but ten years later, in 1917, the net
revenues of the duchy were 1000.
In 1878 they had reached to e63, 900;
and on the 31st of December, 1880, the
last date on which the accounts were
published, the net receipts from this
were f7S,1 III, all of which goes to the
queen for her private use. In addition
to these items, there is capital sum
of quarter of q million which just
thirty years ago person named Neild
bequeathed to the queen for her per.
sonal use.
IF from these data we attempt to
ascertain the means at the disposal Of
Her Majesty for family object, we reach
this conclusion: Civil List 100000
Duchy of Lancaster, g7S,000; interest
at fS per cent. ON the Nield bequest
97 500. This gives total of e145 900 8
year, for the spending of which anxious
thought fails to discover any possibil
ity on the part of a lady living in the
manner adopted by the Queen.
In endeavoring to answer the ques
ton put by Mr.. Fox, | am careful tC
eliminate anything in the form of con
lecture. The three items from which
this total of the Queens personal anf
private income is derived are set forth
either as Parliamentary estimates or il
official documents. The EGO 900 from
the Privy Purse is the most familiar
sum. Ministers of the Crown anC
others, who from their point of duty
very properly endeavor to minimize
facts, are accustomed to keep this figure