The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
charges which were thrown upon the

charges which We're thrown upon the
latter.
Glass is for SALARIES of II. M.
household and retired allowances"
This charge stood in Queen Victoria's
civil list at $655,0oO. 1t is set down
now at $530,OOO. But the class is re-
lieyed at once of salaries to the
amount Of 100000, and it is further to
be relieved by reduction in the sala-
ries of some Of the political officers,
and by the entire abolition Of some Of
the posts now occupied by those Off
GERS. This prospective relief will be
about 100000. Moreover it is no long
err charged with the pensions now paid
out by the civil list to retired officials,
Amounting to 100000. Therefore, while
the reduction in the charges on this
class is, or will be, 100000, the
amount ssked for is only reduced by
$125,O00. A sum Of $4,000 is, it is
true, charged on it for the personal
staff" Of the sovereign, but, allowing
for this, the reduction Of amount in re-
laton to expenditure ought to have
been 100000. This additional charge
Of $4,000 on class is, however, 10
new expenditure thrown Oh the civil
list, for her late majesty paid it from
her privy purse, and all that is done is
to relieve the latter of the payment.
Class 3 is Expenses Of his majesty's
household" This is $1O5, 600 in excess
Of the amount set down in the civil list
of Queen Victoria. But the class is
relieved Of the following charges: In
ternal decorations Of Windsor castle
and Buckingham palace, $4,000; the
keeper of the buckhounds, $4,000; mis-
tess of the robes, $4,000; queens pre-
MUM, $4,000. Compared, therefore,
in respect to the amount and to the
expenditure that the amount is intend
ed to cover, with that of the late
queens civil list, the difference is not
$105,000, but S225OO
Up to 1887 the late queen had trans
ferred 81, 125,00O from the amount set
down to meet the expenses of her
household to her private purse--i. e..
the amount voted had exceeded expen-
diture by that sum. In the last five
years of her reign this had been re-
Ecrsed, and she had transferred q year
ly average of $4,000 from the private
purse to cover deficiency in the amount
set down for her household expenses
j. e., the amount voted had fallen short
of the expenditure by $685. per an.
mum. The deficiency in the latter
years of the reign was urged as a
ground for increasing the amount of
the grant to class 3. But $225, 900 Il
good deal more than provides for a de-
ficit of $4,000. Taking these two
classes together, the total ALLEGATIONS
are increased by $4,000, while the OK
pcndturc to be met is reduced by
100000. The only plea put forward
for this is vague general statement
that larger measure of hospitality is
to be anticipated from the king than
had been practiccd by his predecessor,
though the advantage to the country of
this enlarged hospitality is not ex-
planned. In the late queens reign there
were lcvees. drawing rooms, concerts,
balls, dinner parties, etc, although her
majesty may not have taken part her
self in all Of them. 1t has been stated
! that the increased cost Of living since
the accession Of Queen Victoria must
be taken into consideration in settling
the civil list Of King Edward VII. But
the chancellor of the eXchcuucr ad-
mitted before the committee that in
regard to the expenditure on all items
included in class the cost has not
gone up, taking one item With another,
While in class :, the rise in wages is
more than met by the reduction of the
number of recipients and by docking
sinccurists of a portion OF their sal
aries.
Glass is the privy (or private) purse.
When the late queen came to the
throne the duchy of Lancaster brought
in S25,00O. There was an ALLEGATION
from the civil list to the privy purse of
100000, and what were termed "un-
appropriated balances" amounting to
$4,000, went in reality to it. The
privy purse of her majesty was there
fore $363,O0O. When the queen mar
ricd, Sl5O,o00 was voted to the prince
consort, and the revenues of the duchy
or Lancaster were then $4,000 per
annum. The privy purse, therefore, of
the queen and the prince consort was
$5G5, 900.
The privy purse Of the present king
and queen is far larger The amount
voted is $55O,OO0; 100000 is received
per annum from the ducy of Lancas-
ter, and the unappropriatcd balances
are $4,000; total, $S9O,0OO But the
privy purse will be still larger than
this sum. Assuming even that the adj
ditional $225OOO will be spent OH class
3, $4,000 saved in class will go to
swell the privy purse. This. with the
relief Of $4,000 for personal staff,
which was thrown on it during the
reign of Queen Victoria, makes the
new privy purse of $1,O7OOOO, in COM
parison with that of the late queen