The Somerset reporter., 1885-03-11
Cost Of K0yaHy.
THE INCOMES OF THE EUROPEAN MoSARCIis
AND THEIR FAMILIES

In these practical days when people e
| In the habit Of counting the cost OF every
thing, II Is not surprising that even the
cost OF royalty ID Europe i beginning IT,
attract attention, and j. being talked al NJ
ny the subjects 81 the many Dansrch M
there with u freedom that once would not
nave been tolerated. This In particular y
the case In England, where mi nistefs are
| growing more and more reluctant " face
| parliament with resolutions for increasing
the royal expenditure. The royal fsmilir.
~ Europe cost the people close upon SGj, ..
ooo,oo0 year In direct expenditure for
their maintenance; but no man can caicu-
tate what they cost indirectly, in sbape of
increased naval and military expenditure,
To say nothing Of occasional wars brought
about by the ambition uf kings.
Germany stands at the head of all Err
pean nations 10 the matter OF royal tx ,Irn-
ditore. That Empire, with population Of
not more than 45 900, 600. has to support
twenty two royal, princely and ducai fam
lies, and the direct cost of their maiDter-
ance is SIG, 100000
10 Prussia and several Of the other Ger
man States the reigDing family, besides lis
pubic Income, Possesses vert large private
estates, and, indeed, Ia some of The States
the princes are the chief land owners 10
Mecklenbnrg-Streitz, for Instance, which
Is nearly as large rs the State of Rhode II.
land, the reiguing family owns tnre,-dfihs
or the land, and the grand duke governs
Without the aid OF any representative in
stitutions whatever. This perhaps accounts
FOR the fact that the population of this
model principally is decreasing.
Turkey comes next to Germany in its
royal expenditures, the total amount alb
sorbed by the sultan and his family being
about $l6,250,000. The imperial family OF
Russia COSTS that country S12, $50. 900, the
greater part Of which comes in the shape Of
rents from the crown domains, which con-
sist of more than million square miles Of
land, besides gold and silver mines.
The Austrian imperial family i, toerabv
well off having revenue OF 81 65o, 000. all
OF which comes directly from the public
revenue Of the country. The British Roy
al family COMES next, with a cost ot 81
5OO,OO0 This sum includes the revenue
derived from the duchics of Lancaster and
Cornwall, which amounts to about $3.50,
900 yearly. Tue sum expended on account
of the British royal family will soon be in.
creased by 800 900 Il year 10 the coming
marriage of he Princess Beatrice, and IL
Is expected tha there will shortly h- cali
for an income for the oldest son of Prince
of Wales. These constant calls on the
British tax payer are not responded To
very cheerfully. John Bull z urbles, but
still he pays. These royal persotages who
neither toll nor spin, and have no cares
like ordinary mortais, live long-as the tax
payer knows to his c. st. The old Due iess
of Cambridge, now eigbly-eight years OF
age, Continues to draw from the British
treasury s30,0OO year, besides enjoying
the royal palaces Of ST. James aud Kew as
her residences. Her sou. the que A. cousin
receives about $4,000 year from the
same source to compensate him for Tn" loss
OF the throne, which world have beeu hi,
had the queen died without an heir. or had
meyer Deen born
Italy pays her royal family SIS, 800, 900 Il
year, which il very alg' sum in propor-
ton to the means of the country, while
Spain dis0urses on the same account So.
100000. This ends the list of European
monarchies of large population. But the
miuor moparchies also pay their roya! fam
HE very large SUNS.
Belgium, with about as large n pnpua-
tion as the state OF New York, pays 5000,
600 year to her king, and Portugal. with
three quarters of million less population.
pays S630.000
Monarchy costs Sweden and NORWAY
S5S7, 800 annually ;Denmatk, $40. 900 Hol-
land, $4,000; Roumania, $40, 900; aud
Greece, S2l0, 000-but $50 900 OF this last
sum ii paid by England, France and Russia
proportionatelv.
Republican France gives Der president
SlS0000, two-thirds nj which in the form
of salary anu one third for his household
expenses.
The Swiss republic pays its president
$4,000 year, which is probably the small
l.
tion In the world receives. All the xpen-
ditureS of Switzerland are on correspond
ingly low scale. With IL population ap-
proaching 5000, 900, the cntire expenditure
OF the confederation docs DO. reach Sl0,-
000, 900 annually