Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1895. THE HOME CABINET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5061, 26 June 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1895. THE HOME CABINET.

1 In the English Cabinet there aw some twenty Ministers and about forty underlings connected with (the Ll'nistry, but outside theCabinetproper First of all comes the Premier, whc ut as such draws no salary, but usually if takes some paid office in addition tc el his responsibilities as chief. The !• new Premier, Lord Salisbury, is for example, Foreign Secretary, a post which carries with it £5,00 C per annum. The Marquis is almosl an ideal Foreign Secretary of the " peace with honour" school, and nc one could (ill this office as ably us himself, Next in rank is the Firs! Lord of tho Treasury, the Leader ol the House of Commons, and Mi Balfour's claims for this position arc admitted both by friends and foes The Lovd Chancellor comes next with the great salary of £lo,ooo,bul then this Minister lias judicial as I. wcllasMiuisterialdutiestodischarge. s and he is paid accordingly, The 0 Lord President of the Council comes next with, a pittance of £2,000 a year, but with a great dignity, and this position is naturally taken by the Duke of Devonshire, witli whom money is no object, Then thero is a Lord Privy Seal, with a small salary, which is usually e accepted by some distinguished c Minister, as an unpaid oillco with ', nominal duties. Sir Michael HicksBeech, wo notice, takes his formoi position as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Then follow the five great Secretaryships—Home, Foreign, Colonial, War, India,—each ) carrying with it £5,000 a year. Lord Kuutsford comes back to the Colonies, and Mr Chamberlain is promoted from his former 'subordinate postion as President of the Board of . Trade, to that of "War," Ho is about the best business man in the Ministry, and may be expected to liven up the old-fashioned Wai Department, The Hon, G. N. Curzon was Under Secretary fqr India in the lasjj Cqti§ervar 3 tiyp Administration, and has now won his step into tho Cabinet, r Sir John Gorsfc, who, oil the last occasion, had £2,000 a year as Finnncial Secretary, now rises to £2,500, with the moro important ; rank of Postmaster-General, In * Masterton, Lady Gorst's recent yisit » to this town will be remembered by many of ouv readers, Tho Home. Sppr'etaryshjp. j 8 usually iHled/ty 'ii distinguished lawyer, 'and Sir Hdnry James will be regarded as an i efficient tenant for this high position. There are a number of minor offices | which are not usually filled till the 1 big posts have been apportioned. There is a round dozen of Under

Secretaries with salaries of £1,500 each per annum, who have yet to be named, There are Household Appointments to be considered. Lord Chamberlain's with £2,000 a year, and Mistresses of the Bobes at £SOO a year, The settling and selection of iit persons to fill gome sixty or seventy offices, big and little, is no easy task, but the Marquis of Salisbury is an old band, and will make few mistakes in his appointments. A obarge o: Minisny at Home is a big thing, so big that it is not Oaen desired, and Lord Sa'isbu -y's new Mnr'stry iray be considered safe for the next th' [ ee ov four years.