INCOME AND COST OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 132, 12 November 1875, Page 14

INCOME AND COST OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

The following table shows the cost of Royalty to the taxpayers of S *i£ SS n f and^ eland) vhidh is now supplemented by the vote of £142,000 for the expenses of the Prince of Wales's Indian tour : —

j.ne^ueenis Known to be possessed of at least three millions of money, and the Prince of Wales came into possession of at least half a million of accumulated savings out of the Duchy of Cornwall estate during his minority.

in, n. /n. .1 t• , Per annum. Total. Lhe Queen— Civil List ,6385,000 .mcny of Lancaster ... ... -t 31 000 , . „„ . , „ .£416,000 .nnce of Wales s annuity ... ... -t> 40000 „ Field Marshal ■)" 2 Colonelcies, &c. j s>ooo5 > 000 liswife... ... _ 10000 )uchy of Cornwall ... ... <<t 55,000 110 000 )uke of Edinburgh's annuity ... iit 25,000 ' » Captain's salary ... „, '750 > • a n. 25,750 rrmce Arthur ... ... ... <ti 15,000 „ Army Salary ... ..', 'sOO , . _, . 15,800 Princess Royal ... ... ... <it 8,000 » c '.'.'. g!ooo « Helena ... ... ... ... 6,000 » Louise ... ... ... ... s^ooo „ Augusta of Mecklenburgli ... 3,000 Duchess of Cambridge ... ... „, 3000 Duke of Cambridge ... ... ,\\ 12000 „ Army salaries ... ... ... 10^305 „ Hanger of Parks ... „. '109 __________ c>2 50<j> Prince Edward of vSaxe Weimar ... „ , 4,000 „ Leiningen ... „, „, . i# ' '750 „ Victor Hohenlohe ... ... ... 750 „ Christian ... ... „, t<i 1,120 - „.,. . £633,674 .n addition to these sums, there are the following, which must lecessarily be classed -with the cost of royalty : Pensions to Royal servants... ... ... ,£1,322 Eoyal Yachts ... ... ... ... 100/)00 Royal Palaces ... ... ... 40000 Royal Guards above Cavalry pay ... ... lOo'oOO