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 I94 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.' By the same statute, the application of this allowance is limited in a prescribed form. The Lords of the Treasury are directed to pay yearly 60,000/. into Her Majesty's Privy Purse; to set aside 231,200/. for the salaries of the royal household ; 44,240/. for retiring allowances and pensions to servants ; and 13,200/. for royal bounty, alms, and spe- cial services. This leaves an unappropriated surplus of 36,300/., which may be apjjlied in aid of the general expenditure of Her Majesty's Court. It is provided that whenever the civil list charges in any year exceed the total sum of 400,000/., an account of the expenditure, with full particulars, shall be laid before Parlia- ment within thirty days. The Queen has also paid to her the revenues of the Dnchy of Lancaster, which in the year 1869 amounted to 50,360/., being 8,743/. more than in the preceding year. The salaries, law charges, taxes, charities, and other disbursements in 1869 amounted to 11,858/., and the payment made to Her Majesty for the year was 31,000/., or 3,120/. more than in the preceding year. The payment to Her Majesty's use in 1865 was 26,000/., in 1866 and in 1867 it amounted to 29,000/., and in 1868 it was 27,880/.

The annual grant of 385,000/. to Her Majesty is paid out of the Consolidated Fund, on which are charged likewise the following sums allowed to members of the royal family: — 15,000/. a year to the Duke of Edinburgh ; 8,000/. to Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia; 6,000/. to Princess Ludwig of Hesse ; 6,000/. to Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ; 6,000/. to the Duchess of Cam- bridge ; 3,000/. to her daughter, the Grand-duchess of Mecklen- burg- Strelitz ; 5,000/. to Princess Teck, formerly Princess Mary of Cambridge; and 12,000/. to Duke George of Cambridge.

The heir-apparent of the Crown has, by 26 Vict. c. 1, settled upon him an annuity of 40,000/. The Prince of Wales has besides as income the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall. Previous to the year 1840, these revenues amounted jo between 11,000/. and 16,000/. per annum ; but since that period they have greatly risen. The income of the Duchy of Cornwall for 1869 amounted to 75,707/., the salaries and other expenses to 18,295/., and the sum of 63,587/. was paid over for the use of the Prince of Wales. In 1866, the sum paid over was 53,403/., in 1867 it was 54,927/., and in 1868 it was 55,252/., showing an increase from year to year. The Princess of Wales has settled upon her by 26 Vict. cap. 1, the annual sum of 10,000/., to be increased to 30,000/. in case of widowhood. Both the parliamentary grants of the Prince and Princess of Wales are paid out of the Consolidated Fund, which bears a total yearly charge of 111,000/. for annuities to members of the Royal Family.