Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-08
THE INCOMES OF RULERS.

THE INCOMES OF RULERS.
The popular notion in England that
Queen Victoria, the ruler OF the biggest
and richest empire in the world, is the
richest person on earth, is contradicted
by the London Mail. In fact, it says
her salary, 81, 1926, 900 year, is one Of
the smallest paid to any ruler on the
globe. And OF that sum all excep
$3.50, 600 is spent by the lord chamber
lain, the master OF the horse and the
lord treasurer, who are responsible Tor
he maintenance of the royal house
mold. OF the latter an cunt, $3.50 coo s
put by for rainy day, so that the eX-
act amount received ty her majesty is
ou'y $500 900, as fixed by Parliament.
Compared with the huge incomes OF
many of her subj ects, this is paltry in
iced Hers, too, is the smallest salary
that anv British sovereign has ever re-
ceived. Most of the Queens pred-ces-
sors on the throne hs0 at least 81 900,
900 year. On the Queens accession
this was reduced to t..e present amount
by the nation taking over the crown
Lands and paying Instead fixed sum
ANNUALLY. At ole time the Queens ex
pendture far xceeded her income, and
had it not been for couple of legacies
rom her subjects the court expenses
would have had to be curtailed. John
Camden Nield bequeathed the whole
o his property, more than $4,000, GOO ID
value, TO the Queen, and Mr.. New
house, dying without heirs, left $50 900
t. 1er majesty.
Rper years brought wisdom, and by
irl gllity and economy the Queen has
been able to purchase 81 900 acres OF
go ID land in Great Britain, yielding
sent roll CT about $l05,000 year. She
also owns considerable property i'll
Germany, large quantity in New York
and thousands Of acres in Manitoba
and "out west"
CaIemont house, Osborne, and Bal
moral are the private property of the
Queen. The rs,named, standing in
Us estate of 460 acres, stc bought for
1870 000-a decided bar u, for it orig-
uaiIy cost Lord Give $750,O00. Bal
moral and Osborne are said 10 be worth
half million sterling. 10 addition to
her property at Co5urg the Qneen also
possesses 81 villa at Bade?, b,queathed
10 her by the Princess t1 Hohenlohe.
Tue royal family is not only the
cheapest this country has ever had, it is
also the most inexpensive in the world.
rbe entire expense of the whole British
rcvol family amounts to only $S25, 600
year, for again the 10 al expenditure
., - 800 600 must be Set the receipts OF
y O75 600 from crown lands, leaving
the above net cost.
Nearly all the European sovereigns
receive much bigger salaries than the
Queen. The Emperor Of Russia has
control over the revenue of HI.
country, but he only draws $12.
800 GOO a year. The Suliaa takes
81, 100000, the Emperor OF Austria
81 $50 900 and the Kaiser Wilhelm So,
ESQ coo. The King OF Italy receives
81 925 ,000-the same sum as the whole
BRUSH royal family-aud the King OF
the Belsians gets only S625 900 year.
As the British empire is the biggest D
the world, and as its sovereign receives
nearly the smallest salaries it must be
admitted that Victoria is the cheapest
as we'll as the best of rulers. The pri-
vA,e property of foreign sovereieus is
also very great. The Russian imperial
family is the richest of all royal houses,
and probably among commoners also.
Apart from his salary as ruler, Which
amounts 10 two and half millions
YEARLY, the Car, as head of the house
of Romanoffs, owns q 100000 acres of
land in different parts of Russia. These
Weld more than $40 100000 per annum;
-, 500 900 of this is paid in allowances
to forty six grand dukes and duchesses,
and the remainder is at the disposal of
the Gar, who thus enjoys the enormous
income of S17 100000 a years. coo
per hour.
The Gar is also the owner Of much
valuable property all over the world,
and especially iu the United States. The
daughter of the Car and Czarina, the
infant Grand Duchess Olga, is the rich
est heiress in the world. The week she
Was born $5,000000 was settled upon
her. The sum was invested in British,
FceDch and foreign securities as pre-
cauuon against the possibility of a rev.
oution in Russia.
The Hapsburgs, the royal house of
Austria, are very little, il any, poorer
than the Romanoffs. They own i'm
mense lauded estates, and have also in.
herited large private fortunes. The in
come of the Austrian imperial famii =
is not less than $7,500,000 in addition
to the grants from the state.
The Hohenzollerns have private
income of nearly s., 10000 per annum,
partially deprived from large invest.
ments in New York. The Italian royal
family have private income OF IS ,OCO,-
900 wear, also very largely derived
from Amerio an property. THUS, the
British royal family is by far the poor
est of the great ruling houses.
The Sultan of Turkey as despot is,
of course, fabulously rich. His annual
expenses are said 10 amount to S5O,-
600, 1000. A million and a-half of this
goes for the clothing of his sarem;
100000 for bis own wardrobe; $500
600 Tor presents; S5,O0O,OO0 for pocket
money, and another $1,000, 600 for his
table 1t seems incredible that one
man can spend so much money in one
Year, but when it is remembered that
some SEQ people live within he pal
ace walls, live luxuriou-ly and de
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