Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

perity OF the estates being still farther
increased But he will be able to
spare thought or two for the navy.
This nice little income of just over
100000 year is, as you see, entirely
over and above that from his majesty'a
other property, the so-called Crown
the seashells and the sewer pipes al
ready alluded to. The revenues from
these are a hereditary right of the SOW
ereign. but many royalties in success
sion. beginning with George III, who
tried to put it over the thirteen Ameri-
can colonies, have surrendered them in
return for a fixed annual payment,
civil list" as it is called. This now
amounts to. roughly. s2.3O0,000. SO that
the king loses quite a bit, though. on
the other hand, he is spared the bother
of running his enormous estate and
collecting his own rents These latter
count" since 1850, but the various prop
critics are still the kings and are only
"let out" as it were. to the country.
1t is the little items In connection
with them that are the most peculiar.
To take a sample, there are. In the
parish of Sopley in Hampshire. two old
houses. a chimney with pots) on an
other house. and $50 acres of land. the
crown rights to all of which were sold
quite recently for the remarkably low
figure of ten pounds. sixteen shillings
and eightpence, or about sixty-four
dollars. In Bramshaw, also. there are
two chimneys with pots) on an old
house and an acre Of land as we'll for
which the landlord paid the crown
nothing more than yearly rent of two
cents. These, you will readily agree,
did not constitute very encouraging
possession. and under the circumstances
the crown probably did wisely in dis
pos ing OF the lot for a lump sum down
penny In the coin of the realm.
In London there are a lot of strange
crown properties. The king himself
has dined at the Carlton Hotel, at the
corner of the Haymarket, where many
Americans put up. but when he did so
probably few people realized that he
was then sitting upon his own posses
sions AS a matter of fact. the land
upon which stand this hotel, Sir Her
bert Trees theater (His Majesty's).
which adjoins it, and the Royal Opera
Arcade running off Pail Mall, with the
buildings. brings in for the crown $751;
900 year, and will continue to do so
for the next seventy years. when the
lease Will run out In the same way,
Hoiborn restaurant. with its Kings
sum of $10.750 per annum.
The Vine street and Albany street
police stations both belong to the
crown. ine FORMER, just on Pfccadilly.
couple of turnings" from the circus,
might be described as the most fash
ionable" in London. If any one could
write its history his fortune would be
made. 1t is to Vine street that the
young blood" who, having quafred
from the flowing bowl too literally.
has made scene in the lounge of the
Empire or Alhambra. is hailed, the OK
ford or Cambridge man who. in the
exuberance of boat race night, has
knocked off a policeman's helmet or
climbed lamp post, the noble lord who
has got as drunk as any one, the lady
OF title who has succumbed to an at
tack OF kleptomania, or the smart lady
of the half world who has been caught
in the act of picking a pocket
For the Albany street police station,
close to which Edna May lived when
first In London, the sum Of $3.50 Is paid