THE KAISER'S INCOME.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1916, Page 6

THE KAISER'S INCOME.

HIS'WAU'LOSSKS. ■it J pite of hi* share in the pr.iiit s of krupp's, one of the few institutions which grow fat on war, the Kaiser is said to have already lost a million or two since August, 11)14. When the war ends, !ii s income, like that of other German capitalists, will be a. great deal smaller that it was. Indeed, that would probably be the case even if his armies were to win. At the time of the financial census for the assessing of the.tax which was to provide the sum of £40,000.000, as a war contribution, the Kaiser stood first amongst his subjects, with an income of £OOO,OOO, though he was only third in the general classification of fortunes. Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen beaded the list with £83,000,000, and an income of £04,000. Prince Henckel von Dounersmarck was second \*ith £lO,000,000, and an income of £520,000. The Kaiser's visible annuities, according to the same statistics, were:—Civil list, £875,000; rents, etc., £170,000, interest on Crown Treasury. £225,000 His visible estate consisted of:—Real estate Crown forests, etc., £3,500,000; developed estate, £2,000,000; property in Berlin £000,000; total, £11,400,000. There were also the following transferable securities;— The Crown treasure, established by Frederick William 111. after the battle of Jena, together with the addition of '£250,000 made by William I. out of the French indemnity of £200,000,000, making a total of '.C 1.000,000; the Kaiser's share of the £4,000,000 left by William I.; and his investment.-, since he came to the throne. It is impossible to estimate these, but the Kaiser 's known to have big holdings in the Hamburg-Amerika, the Reich=bank, and Krupp's. These holdings are not in his own name, however, but in the names of Privy Councillors Muller and Grimm. His share in William l.'s fortune is estimated at £1,250,000. Altogether, his fortune at the beginning of the war miy have amounted from two and a half to three millions sterling. But all his investments, except in Krunp';, have enormously depreciated.