TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2726, 17 June 1885, Page 2

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

In the Budget for 1885-86 the salary of Prince Bismarck is given at £2700; that of Count Hatzfeldt, Foreign Secretary of State, £2500; of Herr von Bcetticher, Minister of State, at £IBOO and apartments; of Herr Schelling, Chief of the Department of Justice, at £I2OO ; of Herr von Burghart, Chief of the Finance Department, at £IOOO and apartments ; of Herr Stephan, Postmaster-General at £I2OO and apartments ; of General von Schellandorf and General Caprivi, War Minister and Lord of the Admiralty, at £IBOO, though the former enjoys, in addition, apartments, fuel, and rations for eight horses. Field • Marshal Count von Moltke has £ISOO, with apartments and rations for six horses. These salaries are small compared with those of the British Cabinet Ministers, which are as follow : First Lord of the Treasury £ (Prime Minister) XOOO Lord High Chancellor 10,000 Chancellor of the Exchequer... 5,000 President of the Council ... 2,000 Secretary of State for the Home Department 5,000 Secretary Colonial Department 5,000 „ War „ 5,000 „ Indian „ 5,000 First Lord of the Admiralty... 4,500 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ... 4,125 Postmaster-General 2,500 President Local Government Board 2,000 Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster 2,000 The above form the Cabinet. Next to that of the Lord High Chancellor is the salary of the Lord Chief Justice of England, £BOOO. The Field-Marshal Commander-in-Chief of the Army gets £6,632. There are four judges who receive each £6OOO per annum ; and twenty-seven other Judges, £SOOO each. We could name scores of other Government officers in Great Britain with salaries of £IOOO and over.