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house, and the lord treasurer, who are
responsible for the maintenance Of the
royal household.
And of the $3.50, 900, $3.50, 900 is put by
for rainy day. so that the exact
amount received by her majesty is only
$500, 900, as fixed by parliament
Compared with the big incomes Of the
American millionaires this is paltry in
deed. Hers, too, is the smallest salary
that any British sovereign has ever re-
ceived. Most Of the queens predeces-
sors ON the throne had at least $4,000
900 year.
QUEEN vICTORIA'S LAND.
BY economy and frugality the queen
has been able to purchase $1,000 acres
Of good land in Great Britain, yielding
a rent roll or about $125, 900 a year. She
also owns considerable property in Ger
many, a large quantity in New York
and thousands Of acres in Manitoba
and "out West" But with all these
our wealthy men.
ClaremontA House, Osborne and Bal
moral ares the private property of the
queen. The first named, standing in
its estate Of 400 acres, she bought for
$370, 000-a decided bargain, for it orig
inally cost Lord Give $3.50, 900. Balmoral
and Osborne are said to be worth 81
oOC,VVU. LII clQdlllOii " leT property dL
Coburg the queen also possesses a
villa at Baedn, bepueathed to her by
the Princess of Hohenlohe
The royal family of England is not
only the cheapest that country has
ever had, 1T is also the most inexpen-
sive in the world. The entire expense
Of the whole British royal family
amounts to only $s25.0oo a year. for
against he total expenditure Of $780,
900 must be set the receipt Of 81, O75, 600
from crown lands, leaving the above
net cost.
Nearly all European sovereigns re-
ceive much higher salaries than the
queen. The emperor of Russia has
complete control over the revenue Of
his country, but he only draws s12,5oo,-
600 a year. The sultan takes $1,000, 000
the emperor OF Austria, $4,650,o 900. and
Kaiser Wilhelm, s3,650,000. The king
of Italy receives So, 1925, 00O-the same
sum as the whole British royal family
and the king Of the Belgians gets
Only $3.50 year.
The private property of sovereigns is
also very great. The Russian imperial
family is the richest Of all royal hous-
es, and probably among commoners
! also. Apart from his salary as a ruler,
which amounts to SIP, 500, 900 yearly, the
car, as head of the house of Roman
offs, owns 21000,000 acres Of land in
different parts of Russia. These yield
more thai $4,000, 0O0;, 81, 900 of this
is paid in allowances to fortysix grand
dukes and duehesses, and the remain
der Is at the disposal of the car, VINO
thus enjoys the enormous income Of
81, 900, 900 a yea-$2,O 600 per hour.
The czaG, isealso the owner of much
valuable PROPERTY all over the world,
and especially in the United States
The daugAteno the czar and czarina,
the infant GEahd Duchess Olga, is the
richest hefress in the world The week
she was born $1,000, O0O, 900 were settled
upon her. The sum was invested in
British, French and foreign securities
as precauti9n against the possibility
of a revolutioH in Russia.
The Hapsburgs, the royal house of
Austria, are very little, if any, poorer
than theJsRomanoffs. They own I'M
mense landed estates, and have also
inherited large private fortunes. The
| income of the Austrian imperial family
is not less than $500, 600, in addition
| to the grants from the state
The Hohenzollerns have private in
come Of nearly $5,000,000 per; annum.
partially derived from large invest
| ments in New York. The italian royal
! family have q private income of SO, 000.-
| 900 year, also derived from American
property. Thus the British royal fam
I! lily is by far the poorest Of the great
ruling houses