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grant, and amounts to much less than the incomes of previous sovereigns. Under George I. this sum amounted at times to 1,000,000/. sterling, but in 1777 the civil list of the King was fixed at 900,000/., and the income over and above that sum from the hereditary possessions of the Crown passed to the Treasury. Under William lY. the civil list was relieved of many burthens, and fixed at 510,000/.

It is established by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 2, that during her Majesty's reign all the revenues of the Crown shall be a part of the Con- solidated Fund, but that a civil list shall be assigned to the Queen. In virtue of this Act, the Queen has granted to her an annual allowance of 385,000/. of which the Lords of the Treasury are directed to pay yearly 60,000/., into her Majesty's Privy Purse ; to set aside 231,260/. for the salaries of the royal household; 44,240/. for retiring allowances and pensions to servants ; and 13, 200/. for royal bounty, alms, and special services. This leaves an unappropriated surplus of 36,300/., which may be applied in aid of the general expenditure of her Majesty's Court. The Queen has also paid to her the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, which in the year 1897 amounted to 83,532/., and the payment made to her Majesty for the year was 60,000/.

On the Consolidated Fund are charged likewise the following sums allowed to members of the royal family : — 10,000/. a year to the Duke of Edinburgh (reduced from £25,000 on the Duke's accession to the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1893); 25,000/. to the Duke of Connaught; 8,000/. to the Empress Victoria of Germany ; 6,000/. to Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ; 6,000/. to Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome ; 6,000/. to Princess Henry (Beatrice) of Battenberg ; 3,000/. to the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stre- litz ; 12,000/. to George, Duke of Cambridge; and 6,000/. to Princess Helena of Waldeck, Duchess of Albany.

The heir-apparent to the Crown has, by 26 Vict. c. 1, settled upon him an annuity of 40,000/., and by an Act passed in 1889 receives 37,000/. annually in addition for the support and main- tenance of his children. The Prince of "Wales has besides as in- come the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, which in the year 1897 were 97,425/., the sum paid to the Prince being 58,118/. 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.

The following is a list of the sovereigns and sovereign rulers of Great Britain, with date of their accession, from the union of the crowns of KInglaiid and -Scotland :— ■