Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
TNG Has Had No New Clothes
IN Since the Armistice, and the Queen
IsHaving Her Pre-War Gowns Altered.
No More Special Trains, and Royal
Residences Are for Sale-Where the
Income of $2,35O,OOO Goes Each Year.

functions were inevitably reduced in
number and shorn Of much Of their
pre-war splendor"
1t is that sum Of 100000 that the
king desires to replace by realizing
part of his private capital as Duke
of Lancaster The result of doing
this will be to reduce his annual in
come from the duchy by at least $4,000
a year.
livery comparison that can be in
stituted shows that King George
Is the most successful economist in
the long line of British rulers. His
deficits thus explained. his expendi-
ture is shown to have been kept
strictly within his income-$2,35o,00
voted as the civil list in 1916. sup
plemented by s225,0O0 from the In
come Of the duchy Of Lancaster, since
the time of Henry w.
AS matter Of fact, few of the oc-
cupants of the British throne siEos
the time of Charles nave been econ
omists IS any extent that mattered.
Parliament voted s4.000,000 year to
Charles II and $7.5O0.00O to James II.
Government expenses such as foreign
office expenditures and the sala>iA- Of
the judges and other law officers were
included in these amounts. Each of
the two monarchs, however, neglected
to cough up" for these, with the re-
suit that their Iong-suffering subjects
had to.
William and Mary received Sc, o00, 900.
Of yuhioh e. oil tel 70 ha
royal household. They did fairly well,
but Queen Anne couldn't make both
! ends meet on a similar amount and par
Lament was saddled with s6.e50,0oo in
debts incurred by her.
William and Mary received $4,000
600. of which s3,50o,000 was allotted
to the royal household. They did
fairly WELL but Queen Anne couldn't
make both ends meet on a similar
amount, and parliament was saddled
with s6,250,000 in debts incurred by
her.
George I managed pretty well on a
civil list, for household expenses only,
of s3,5oo,0oo. but his successor left a
debt of s2.2s0.o0o, although his in
come was 100000 more. The civil
list of George III varied between
100000 and s5.15o.0oo, yet parlia-
ment was obliged to rescue him from
financial difficulties to the extent of
s20. 100000. George w left a deficit
of quarter of a million sterling. al
though he received s4.25o.o00 plus.
s1,5s5,oo0 in extra revenue from Scot
j land and Ireland.
| Queen Victoria and her advisers
| were responsible for many royal econ
omies. SO that she managed to keep
within the s2,075.000 voted by parlia-
| ment. Edward Wis civil list was
| s2.35o 900, but additional votes raised
| this figure to s2,175.oo0, the difference
| being partly accounted for by the
heavy cost of entertaining foreign
rulers and notabilities.
| X X X
! TN the course of his recent speech in
L the house of commons Austen Cham
berlain said: 'Tt has been matter
| for serious consideration whether the
house should not be invited to con-
slider a temporary supplement to the
civil list. but the king. having in mind
the serious state Of the national
! finances and showing thereby his pub
lie spirit in this as in all other mat
tiers, was not prepared to assent to
any action which would involve adds
| tional charges on the public funds.
His majesty feels that the posi-
| bilities Of economy have not yet been,
exhausted. and has intimated his in
tention of appointing small COM
mittee to explore the whole question
of expenditure on salaries. wages.
household works and internal mainte-
| nance of the royal palaces. with
! view to advising him what services
| can be partially or entirely dispensed
with, or what other economies can be
| introduced.
/ "Sir Warren Fisher, permanent sec
! rotary to the treasury. is to be chair
man, and with falling prices it is
hoped that appreciate and perma-
! nent reductions will result, and that
the civil list may in future be suffi-
| cient to enable the royal household
! to be maintained in fitting manner
without the necessity Of asking for
an increase"