The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
Salaries Of the
Worlds Rulers

and Ireland and empress of India. Ac-
cording to the official budgets Ct Eng
land, the queen is annually voted
$500, 900. This in our money would
amount to over 1900. 900 each year.
The civil list of the queen consists OF
fixed parliamentary grant. and II must
he said, to the credit of the reigning
house. hat IL amounts to much less
han the Incomes of previous sover-
eigns. Under George l. this sum was
about 5000. 900 OF our money. In l'U,
when the p~igheadness of King George
led him into the historical controversy
with our own George. and cost him
the loss of all the American colonies
the parliamentary grant was reduced
by 81, 0o0, 900. Victoria, at the present
time, has paid to her. for the benefit
of the royal household. an annual al
lowance OF e3s5.0 900. of which the lords
of the treasury are directed to n
yearly $50. 900 into her majesty's privy
purse, to set aside e232. 900 70 the eal-
aries of the royal householQf e44.G00
for retiring allowances and pehficfs to
~ervants and e13,0 900 for the loyal
bounty. aims and special services.
There is an u"nappropriated surplus or
c36. 900. which goes for miscellaneous
purposes, probably for sealskin sacks.
spring bonnets and other feminine ex-
travagances. The queen also has paid
to her the revenues of the Duchy Of
Lancaster. which. in 1896, amounted 20
more than eS2.000
The parliament includes in each Of
the annual estimates h consolidated
fund" In this are the following sums
to members of the royal family: 10000
to the Duke of Edinburgh, reduced from
e25.O 900 on the accession of the duke to
the dukedom of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. in
1898; CPS. 900 to the Duke of Connaught;
eS. 900 to the Empress Victoria OF Ger
many: G6.000 to the Princess of Schles-
wig-Holstein: $4,000 to Princess Louise,
Marchioness Of Lorne; $4,000 to the
Princess Beatrice of Battenburg; $4,000
J 20 the Grand Duchess of MecklenburG-
Strelitz: $4,000 to the Princess of Teck.
formerly Princess Mary of Cambridge;
cl2. 600 to George. Duke of Cambridge;
$4,000 to Princess Helena Of Waldeck.
Duchess OF Albany. The Prince OF
Wales. the patron saint OF American
dudes. who is now engaged in nursing a
broken leg. receives an annual grant OF
10000. and by an act of parliament
passed in 1889. he receives $4,000 In
addition for the support and mainte-
nance of his children. In addition 70
this the prince has revenues from thu
duchy OF Cornwall. which in 1896 was
valued at over eso.0o0 per annum. The
Princess of Wales has set on her the
annual sum of flo.oo9. to be Increased
to $50. 0o0 in case of widowhood.
Altogether SO. 900. 600 In our money
would be an inadequate estimate OF
what il costs the people of England tc
enjoy the luxury OF royalty. Imagine
for a moment the congress of the United
States voting these vast sums OF money
to the brothers. sisters, aunts. uncle'
and first. second and third cousins o.
President Mckinley n the absurdit,
Of the whole thing. from an American
standpoint. of course, would be appar'
ent.
leaving England and going 60 tE'
continent. the results are quite as in
teresting. The Emperor Franz Joseph
king OF Aus;ria-HunSary, has a civi