Incomes of Royal Families.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Incomes of Royal Families.

We ' roprint7the; t .folloiy^ v«^| about the incomeH of the J-loyal lainibea-of Eilropo... Thoy 'aro,-, inebpucbive," tficmgn,. perhaps,.nofcaltogebhor aiinifiibgyTT-,!,; ~ j ",.The.incomes,Of the,l-loyal .fanjteof Europe amount to .doso,, upon tliffteOT, mUlibns Bterimg-a year,, ..Germany fltanda atthohead.ofall European natiw«Min,.wie matter, of Boy al:.. incomes,,, ;Tl_e iW\ witha^opulation-of .more itliap forfcy-hyo raillions.siipportstwenty^woltoyalprincply ariel ducal familids,^ and; the,.direct £#. et their maintonancei&L3,3oQ,ooo, pfefTWfft: andi several of thd i other German States, „the ■roigniiig family, besides,, its,public,!income,•iossesses large i privatfV.eatates, ,and, indced,i ia some of States, (thp vrinceß arc the; chief landowners., In .Mee_.len-burg-Sbrelibz,,for instance, .tlic, mgnlng. family oAvria tliree-hitbs of thp. land, and:; tlio giand Luko governs;withoub tho aid of. any reprqsontatrive i institution .whatevpr.-Turkeyicomesnoxt-to.Germany in iteltoyai expenditures, ;tho total amount absorbed by tho Sultan and his family being about L 3,200,000. Thelmperialfamily.of Russia costs thab counbry L2,*l'jO,ooo, the greater part'of which comes in the shapo of.renta from the Crown domains, which consist of more than a million fequale miles of land, besides gold and silvor mines. The Austrian Imperial Family, is tolerably well off, having a rovenuo of L 920,000, all of which comes directly from tho , public revonuo of the country. ■•:.<< " The British Royal Family cornea next with a cosb to the country of about L 900.000. This sum includes the revenue.derived from tho Duchies* ..ofsi Lancaster and Cornwall, Which amounts to. fMll.ooa.ii The,/ old Duchess oi Cambridge, now eighty-eight years of ago 7 cbiWnues' to~d'nvW'from the British.TreasiU'yiLO.OOQ ayoar, besidos enjoy iiig'tlieTOyalpnlatfos'of St. Jarifes^aiid Kew°as her residences. Ibaly pays hor Kbyal Family' L66o;obo—which is'S-very largo sum in proporbfOh'to.bho ; mea'n%pf the Country-^whilo Spain disburses.on tho same account L<_oo.6oo, This orids ;blio likrof European monarchies of large pfopulatiohs. But the minor monarchies also pay thoir, Royal, families vory large,sums-/, Belgium pays L 133,500 a year to her King,,and*#9fti tugal,* wibh,.threeJ-quarters; ofa; million less population,, pays L127,Q00., Monarchy, bosta, Sweden; anelf Npiwoy .H17.500 annually; Denmark, Lo2,ooo ■;>. Holland, , L 03,000,; Roumauia, LfO.WO ; andZ-'i/eeco,, JM,(M. Bub L1_2,000 of this last, is paid: by England,, Fhinco,: abd Russia, Republican F Mince gives, her President. L 50.000,, bwo-bhirda of Which! is in thoform of salary, and, b^e-third for houßohold expenses. Tho v Swiss ,R,e; ( publiepays its President LCOOa yoar.whioli fat probably thp _analie>at, sum thatthp ;hpad of any ciyilißed; nabioh, in the world receives.