THE KING'S CIVIL LIST.
(To the fcditor.) Sir,—Could you inform we through the medium of your paper—(l) What is the yearly allowance paid to our present King? (2) Approximately, what is the total cost to the nation of our present monarchical system? Thanking you "in anticipation, I am, etc., 11. G.K. (The schedule to the Civil List 1910 sho-ws that the Privy Purse, salaries, and expenses of the Royal Household, works, an J' Royal Bounties, totalled £470;000. The King, j llf addition, receives' the 're■ve'nuas of the Diiiliy of Laticast&r, arid his_ Majesty pays income tax on the Privy Purse, which is £IIO,OOO a year. Of the Civil List' salaries, • household, etc.y absorb £538,800. •• There is- ■ -orovision for other members of the Royal Family amounting to £126,000.—Ed. N.E.M.)
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 4 July 1911, Page 2
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128THE KING'S CIVIL LIST. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 4 July 1911, Page 2
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