The sun., 1901-07-28
THEINCOMEOF EDWARDVIT,
The Unknown Rcvensss From HIS Inhsrits
sncs From His Mother Some Itsns
sf the sevsreigns Annual Expenses


From Inc Chicago Record Herald
LONDON. June is-Thr civil list. AZ they
call the appropriations for the maintenance
Of the King and his court. was voted by
Parliament this week and brought two sur.
| nrises. In the arst place II was much sma;ies
than the public generally expected II would
be and the oppo' ition 70 Il was much lees,
| Three hundred and seventy-six votes were
cast 200 ~ favor and only g against.
,o The cIyil list carried a total Of s2:?so'o one
Tor their sons and daughters: continues =,
annnities granted many years ago to thS
! amount to ssss .ooN. allows $40. 900 q year to
the Duke OF Cambridge, the cousin Of the
late Queen. and $4,000 70 the. Princess Al:
| Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg; making a grand
total Of ~. $780, 900. which is an increase Of
as2s, ,ooo over the amount paid in Queen
preparation in comparison to those granted
the other soyereigns Of Europe. The follow.
ns aSs By WI III sS9S the ra%eTs s%PrGp''0n' '0'
sSfs ..uy sss5sss ss:1Sny ssvsns 'ssSSS ssSSSS
England ,s,ocSS coS PoI;.Ssl. 1900 .sSScS
sesn Belgium. sss ssscSc Pfsnes Pss%s.s, ,isSSSS
i was expected that King Edward would
place Of the s2,cOo,ooo granted TO Queen Vic.
toria, for his sreatuncle, King William. had
ago, when the purchasins power Of the pound
st rling. was double what IL is now and the
ruler OF England was not Obliged to pay the
public functions. which are charged 70 him
these days. Furthermore, everybody famil.
lar with the subject knows that the revenues
doubled since 1887, when Queen Victoria
surrendered them to the public treasury
snd fUs prdmse rom 'S
TO provide liberally for her family. The
Government and not the Queen got the best
%ent I and the IncreSssd value Of the LANDS.
the Treasury, during the greater part or the
| Queens reign. has en-, j,red net profit from
| the proceeds Of the crown property after all
civil list and the allowance Tor the. royal
that this profit has agsrcg gated at least Ss0-
surplus revenues from the woods, forests
In 1900 they were 81. 900. and there are
several other sources of revenue y be added.
4STpRSGr 1's5dde pnd 70 tAa5 oesn tse VstsSS
throughout her reign. was in the nature OF .
salary for her services as sovereign. Just aa
stStas is 2 ns has BEEN
strengthened by tho frequent attacks that
have been made by the Radicals upon the ex.
the continual complaint that they arc bur-
/ den upon the British taxpayerI' me ruler
Of Great Britain and tn" royal famiiy are
treasury The sovereign possesses an, i'm
! mense amount Of property by right or nheri.
| tancewhich is entailed and cannot he alienated
or disposed of except during life, Formerly
| all the lands Of the realm belonged 10 the king.
but by the extrayaEance and GeneI1sltyy
! to such a degree that Parliament, upon the
accession Of Queen Anne, passed law pro.
same time gave the crown perpetually the
| revenues from certain sources which are
more or less regular
King William originally made the arrange
/ ment ! have alluded to, under which tho
| revenues from all these source; were COLI
lected BY th. hnance Officers oi thS KIN sd3m
| a ated sum. and, following the example
| Of his mother and her predecessor on the
| Of g.. .230. 900 although, like them. he retain3
for himself the revenues ~ thc nuchy d OF
| Lancaster which amount to about 100000
| a year, and for his son those Of the Duchy
OF Cornwall. which have been the property
of the he'r TO the crown for more than three
The civil list. as It /. called, is not. voted In
a lump sum, however. but is allot ed TO special
aeppPoprlstion. bills passed by, the Consresi
\ OF the United states. For the salaries of
rqyai redSstSn ~ ss' 3; from e:
amount allowed Queen Victoria. which is
due to the abolition Of the department of the
days, when the King and the court went on
| hunting excursions throughout the king,
dom and kept pr9te-sionH, rn hun.sman sTn nn ana
ber Of other equally absurd sinecures which
| ought to be abolished, but they ara held by
meht mem does not ike to "nn meade WITH them
For household expenses sg85. 900 ~ allowed.
with this money eight or ten palace. have ",
James. Hampton Court. osborne. Balnoral.
o,ESrs ba Troute:
nf the sna % osborne Bamc
and Sandringham. which were the private
properly Of Queen Victoria, are paid from
an ormous expense. and the maintenanoe
OF the stables. carriages and parks must oe
from this fund For p a. Ds the ,ss q
cf o'f" the new ,s }urnitare. now being PIT into
Windsor and BScsnsham Raa9est tSe Is cnsis nss;
of the Government have practical control
and an account is rendered TO pariiament:
but the pTrlyy purse which amount TO sS'S,.
personal expenses Of NE royal family s,,! and, snd
ners @T and other functions, travelling expenses
and food for the household. which usually
consists of 100 persons or more ADDED 70
King pt gets from the Duchy Of Lancaster.
This gives him total of $3.50. 900 for his per-
sonal expenses, Of which he is required to
from sNH' Which must be paid ali Of her expenses
reSuired rnT dr'f5 By the Queen @ She has reduced
the number considerably, but Is paying
about 30 Der cent larger salaries tnan queen
Victoria allo we'd because the ladies in waiting
upon the present Queen will be subJected
10 many more expenses In the way oi ward-
robe Queen Victoria was exacting ln many
respects, but she entertan ned so little and
dressed so simply herself that her attendants
did not require elaborate or expensive toilets
Under the present regme things VIII be die
ferent and none but ladies OF wealth can
accept such positions Queen Alexandrs
has notified her ladies Ia waiting that their
services will be requires, only at lmportans
state functions She will be attended regu.
larly by Lady Suffeld and Miss Knollys. who
have been her secretaries for several years,
and are Intimate confdential friends. thor-
ouRhly acquainted with all her wishes. Ideas
and preferences
Queen Victoria left n large estate In Jewels,
owned some Of the most profitable buildings
In london. and inherited from her husband
whole blocks Of residences In the fashions
able quarter Of the citv Her holdings were
so large that II required stan or eight or
ten men to look after thom. No one knows
what disposition she has made or them, be:
cause the will Of n sovereign Is not probated
tho general impression, however. that tho
estate has been placed in trust for the per-
petua tenent of her heirs, and the King no
doubt gets n large share Of IL, so that his ins
come will be increased thereby.
Queen Victoria had seventy-four direct
heirs. and when the revenues OF her estate
are distributed among them no one can receive
very rich woman She had nine children,
OF whom six survive; forty grandchildren. OF
whom thirty-one survive. and thirty-seven
great grandchildren, all OF whom survive.
making eighty ak In al, of whom
seventy four survive. OF the great: