INCOMES OF MONARCHS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13727, 17 August 1908, Page 7

INCOMES OF MONARCHS.

The Kaiser hopes to obtain a rise in his salary, but it is by no means certain that ho will get fa for there is a good deal of grumbling in Prussia at hiß extravagance. As German Emperor he receives £130,000 a year, and as King of Prussia £770,554, and it i«* the Prussia^ Parliament which he is asking lor more. He also benefits largely from legacies and estates left him by grateful subjects, the cash he has received in this way amounting to nearly £1,000,000. Why, then, cannot he make both ends meet ? vHis case seems to bo on a par with that . of a great stage ''star" whose, huge salary slips through his or her fingers. His mode of living we are , tojd in M.A.P. is one of unparalleled magnificence. His tailor's bill alone runs into thousands of pounds a year. . His castles, palaces, and country houses must be- a great expense, for hfi has enough to livo in a different one every week in tbe year, should be feel so disposed. When he travels, it is indeed a case of "all tbe limelight on me, and never mind the girl," and here Germans see an opportunity for their Emperor to economise. They think that some of the pomp and ceremony which surrpund him on his travels might well be omitted. He has, however, one disadvantage- as compared with his august uncle^— -he must provide for his family out of his own income, Svhereas in England members >f the Royal Family receive grants from tbe State. But in spite of this relief, the £470,000 h'* gets from tho State is not sufficient fur King E^ward'3 needs, and ho has .to draw on his revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster and private investments. Of tho £470,000, £320,000 goes in salaries and maintenance of the Royul Household, and out of the remainder pensions for superannuated servants aro provided. Tbe Czar is the richest monarch in tho world, for tho Crown properties actually belong to him. Theso Imperial domains include more than twenty million acres of cultivated lands and improved forest, as well as several Siberian mines. A Stato grant of £1,500,000, added to his other revenues', brings tbe. Czar's gross inomo up to £80,000,000 a year. Out of ibis sum, however, be has to bear all tbe expenses of bis properties. No data of any '.and me available regarding tho amount of clear profit which tbe Czar receives, but he is said to have a-t least £5,000.000 a year for bis private use. Even so huge an Sncome as tin's can hardly bo considered adequate for a life, lived in virtual imprisonment and perhaps constant iear,

A general meeting of members of the Now Plymouth Club will bo bold .ltjthe Club rooms to-morrow eveninn tit T.JO Tho meet inn W 'H bo followed by mu^ie. IVI r Newton King advertises that be. will sell by auHion «t tbe innrt, otrnl-! ford, on Snturdsiy. 20ih iml.. ;i freehold farm on Norfolk l*o;id. Ouin^ to ill lu-.iHb of the (ivi'cr, no rer>-<ou,il)]e offer will b^ refused. ,