The Portland daily press., 1894-03-26
ROYAL PENSIONERS.
what it Costs England to Maintain Those
Near the Throne.

The succession of the Duke of Edin-
burgh to the duchy of Saxe-Coburg ana
Gotha, and the question that arose IN
connection with the annuity paid to him
by England have recently given proml-
nence to the amounts paid by the nation
to Her Majesty the Queen and the mem
bers of the royal family. 1t may, there
fore, be of interest, thinks lit Bits, TO
see exactly how much is paid to each
of the princes and princesses, and to see
what the cost is to each Individual Ill
the United Kingdom and how large an
item it would form if levied AS income
tax.
The amount paid to the Queen is 1885,
600 pounds per annum, which would
be met by devoting to the purpose an IN
come tax of about one-sixth OF one pence
in the pound while the total cost to the
inhabitants of the United Kingdom, If
every one contributed equally, would
be slightly under 2 lbs, 1-2d apiece. Of
this amount 10000 lbs is assigned to
the privy purse, costing the inhabitants
two-ffths of Id.
131, 1850 lbs, equal to three fifths Of Id Of
income tax, and costing each unit OF the
population four-fifths of Id per annum.
The expenses of the household mount
| up to $4,000, or four-ifths of Id. income
tax, and would be met by a levy OF Ia
per- head on the population OF the United
Kingdom.
Thesroyal bounty comes to els, 200, and
would have to be 100 times as much as
| it is before it would cost Id of income
| tax, and Acknowledgment amount be-
| fore it would cost her majesty's subjects
in.the United Kingdom Id apiece.
The $4,000 year which the coun-
| try pays to the Prince of Wales is almost
exactly the amount that would be de-
rived by the subscription of lid year
| all round from the population OF these
| islands. The Princess of Wales would
| have to receive her 10000 year for two
centuries before it would amount TO Ia
| of income tax for one year; while all
| that. each individual of the population
has the plesure of paying to her royal
| highness is Id every is years. The chill
dren of the prince and princess have e36,
900 a year between them, .whlc rs
| slightly less than the amount paid to
| the prince himself.
| The total annuities paid to the Prince
| of Wales and his family amount to 80, :
| 600. costing in rs years an amount equal
| TO III OIL luCOule GdA lOE Ouo year, dlio 1oh Il
ing an annual charge upon each lndl-
vidual inhabitant of the United King
| dom of trifie over I'D
| ThesDuke of Edinburgh, who formerly
received e25,0 a year, has now
arranged to reduce the amount by e15, O0O
and to take only the equivalent. to
| of 1900 part of Id of income tax, or --l6
| part of Id from each inhabitant,
The four rincesses-Proncess Chris
| tian, Princes LOUISE Princess Beatrice
| and the Duchess of Albany-each receive
| 5000 pounds a year. Each of these
| amounts is equal to Id. of income tax for
one year in $50 years, and each one OF
us would have to pay to each of the
| princesses Id. every 25 years.
| The Duke of Connaught is more ex-
| pensive. He receives 5000 pounds, and
| in the course of a century this amounts
to trife more than at the present time
| Id. of income tax comes to in year;
1 while every six years each of US give
| him Id. ~
The Duke of Gam bridge receives IL, DOC
| pounds year. or less than half the
| amount paid to the Duke of Conaught.
| This, of course, is Id. of income tax fol
| one year every two centuries, and We're II
ten times as much as it is, it would cost
| the inha bitants of these Islands Id. q
| year apiece.
The total cost is $50, 592 pounds. 1t is q
fraction over lid. of income tax, and
| would cost if divided equally among all
| the inha bitants of the United Kingdom
| men, women and children-a trifie less
| than 3-4d. head.