Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-04
Interesting English Statistics.
London Truth


The total amount annually received
or expended on Her Majesty and on
the other members of the royal family
is 893,282 pounds. In this is in
cluded maintenances of palaces, sx-
penditure in connection with royal
yachts (33 885 pOunds), households of
deceased sovereigns (6475 pounds),
and many other such items. Looking
through them, | should say that about
$4,000 pounds per annum would have
to be expended were there no royal
family to provide for.
The House Of LORDS consists of SIG
peers. In pay or pensions these no
blemen receive 62l 1886 pounds Der
annum. This, however, includes the
amounts received by peers of the royal
family. The peers have between them
IL, 258 527 acres of land, with a rental
OF II, S8O,308 pounds. AS, however,
the income of the Duke of Westmins
ter is only put down in this estimate
at 80, l45 pounds, many of who derive
Incomes from ground rents, mines,
ETC., are far richer than the above
total, which, | presume, is the amount
received from agricultural land.
Probably it would not be an excessive
estimate to put down the total income
of peers derived from all total sources
at l5,000,0 900, which would make the
income of each individual peer aver
age trihe over $4,000 pounds per
annum.
The amount Of salaries paid and
pensions received by members of the
House Of Commons is 162,940 pounds.
and the acreage owned by members
OF this House is 2,l2l,5 3l, producing
al annual revenue of | ,843, 2l6 pounds
In the House of Commons the aristo-
cratic interests are represented by
~ members, the fighting interests by
l68, the landed interests by 267. the
law interests by 122, the liquor inter>
ests BY IL, the money interests by %,
the literary, professional and scien-
titc interests by "a, the official inter-
ests by 1l3, the trading, commercial
and manufacturing interests by 1866,
and the labor interests by two mems
bers.
The church of England has an in
come of 4,525,000 pounds. OF this
the Episcopal and cathedral officials
receive 342, 81 pounds. The patronage
OF 1852 benefcies, with an income of
297 ,345. belongs to the executive, and
that OF 652l, with an income of 2,7l9,-
958 pounds, to private patrons.
The statistics of pensions are curl
Gus. Ten thousand pensioners draw
2,l96,55l pounds per annum from In.
dia, and l50,25O pensioners receive
from the taxpayers of the United
Kingdom more than 100000 pounds
per annum. OF these latter recipi.
ents of public charity many are
nCurished by grateful country be
cause Offices which they have held
have been abolished. The blue rib,
bon of the pension list is held by D.B.
Heath. This gentleman has received
since l847, 3lOO pounds per annum.
In the same year a pension of las
pounds per annum was granted w,
7. N. Champ, which he still enjoys.
in consideration of the Office "chaff
wax" whatever that may be, having
been abolished in that year.
In 1882 the public expenditure was
85,569,784 pounds. Of this %, 665, 9l5
was spent in interest on the debt,
H,409,585 pounds on the army and
1926, 453 pounds on the navy, $50, 900
pounds on the war in South Africa,
100000 pounds on the Afghan war and
10000 on Notifications.