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  Civil list - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the United Kingdom the civil list is the sum that covers most expenses associated with the Sovereign's performing of his or her state duties, including those for staffing, state visits, public engagements, official entertainment, and upkeep of the Royal Households.
In Canada the civil list was a common term during the pre-confederation period when it caused much controversy.
Civil List is the term used to describe the funds provided for the Governor-General.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_list   (515 words)

  
 Civil list - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CIVIL LIST, the English term for the account in which are contained all the expenses immediately applicable to the support of the British sovereign's household and the honour and dignity of the crown.
With the regency the civil list was increased by £70,000 per annum, and a special grant of £100,000 was settled on the prince regent.
A select committee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the provisions of the civil list for the crown, and to report also on the question of grants for the honourable support and maintenance of Her Majesty the Queen and the members of the royal family.
54.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CI/CIVIL_LIST.htm   (2281 words)

  
 civil list - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about civil list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This sum was intended to meet the expenses of civil government (the civil service and pensions paid by the state) and the expenses of the royal household, but did not cover the cost of the army and navy, nor debt charges.
Finally, on the accession of William IV in 1830 all government expenses were removed from the civil list and it was restricted to the expenses of the royal household.
Well, these twelve thousand livres are his civil list, and are as essential to him as the twelve millions of a king.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Civil+List   (585 words)

  
 List of civil wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Romania had a brief civil war in 1989, after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu, between Communists and those against the former regime.
The following civil wars are ongoing or ended in the past decade, as of 2006.
Some of them may be classified as insurrections, etc., rather than full civil wars, as they fade into the past.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_civil_wars   (558 words)

  
 Civil List - Dictionary Definition and Meaning of Civil List
Civil architecture, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc.
Civil service reform, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office.
Civil state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states.
www.wordiq.com /reference/civil+list   (793 words)

  
 CIVIL LIST - Online Information article about CIVIL LIST
Thus in 1746 a debt of £456,00o was paid by parliament on the civil list, On the accession of George III.
condition of the civil list down to the end of the reign, in spite of the reforms established by the Rockingham ministry, and notwithstanding the removal from the list of many charges unconnected with the king's personal expenses.
A considerable reduction was made in the aggregate annual sum voted, vctoe°$,8 from £510,000 to £385,000, and the pension list was civtt/ist separated from the ordinary civil list.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHR_CLI/CIVIL_LIST.html   (3832 words)

  
 U.S. Civil War Reading List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This list was originally compiled in the newsgroup alt.war.civil.usa in the summer of 1993.
The list is divided into various topic areas, each listing between three and eight books, which do not require a lot of prior knowledge about the war and which provide a good introduction for further reading on the subject.
Civil War Periodicals (popular press) These are periodicals for the general reader which deal with the Civil War and are likely to be found at your news stand.
www.faqs.org /faqs/civil-war-usa/reading-list   (4204 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The royal family and the public purse
William and Mary were initially granted £600,000 annually "for the charge of the civil government" by parliamentary resolution, and eight years later the first civil list act was passed, with the allowance increased to £700,000.
In 1760, with accession of George III it was decided that the whole cost of civil government should be provided by Parliament in return for the surrender of the hereditary revenues, principally the net surplus of the crown estate, by the king for the duration of the reign.
In 1952 the list was expanded to include allowances to Princess Margaret (£6,000 rising to £15,000 were she to marry), while minor royals who undertook official duties were granted £25,000 each.
www.guardian.co.uk /margaret/story/0,7369,420405,00.html   (679 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | The Royal Accounts 2002
The Civil List is taxpayer's money used to fund the Queen's duties as head of state.
For the year 2001-2002, civil list spending came to £8.153m, an increase from £6.509m in 2000.
His salary is not paid for by the Civil List and is therefore not included in these accounts.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/the_royal_accounts/civil_list.stm   (471 words)

  
 No-Fly List Raises Civil-Liberty Concerns
That worries the American Civil Liberties Union, which has already sued the government, saying the airlines' effort to keep terror suspects and other dangerous people off planes ensnares innocent passengers and subjects them to unnecessary searches and delays.
The agencies even fled out names of government officials in charge of the list, including the FBI employee responsible for responding to inquiries from the public regarding names appearing on the list.
The list the airlines use includes only the people the government believes "pose a direct threat to aviation." Many names of potential terrorists, now kept in a slew of government databases, have been held back from the airlines because some agencies consider the information too sensitive to share.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/august2004/100804noflylist.htm   (806 words)

  
 Civil list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the United Kingdom the Civil list is the list of recipients of taxpayers' money that is given to immediate members of the royal family so as to perform their state duties and keep the royal household.
The Civil list is effectively the royals' salary.
The Queen and the Heir to the Throne do not receive Civil list monies, having their incomes provided for by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall respectively.
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 Civil List - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Civil List, yearly sum of money granted by the British Parliament to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom to defray the expenses of the royal...
It is intended to give a flavour of the kind of right protected under the convention and now recognized in UK law under...
On the left wing of the party during the Labour government of Harold Wilson from 1974 to 1976, he voted against an increase in the Civil List, and...
au.encarta.msn.com /Civil_List.html   (138 words)

  
 The Civil List (Increase of Financial Provision) Order 1990
(annual payment for the Queen's Civil List) shall be increased to £7,900,000, and accordingly that sum shall be substituted in the said section 1(1) for the words "£3,850,000".
(Civil List pensions) shall be increased to £15,000, and accordingly that sum shall be substituted in the said section 5 for the words "£10,000".
This Order increases the annual payment for the Queen's Civil List, namely that sum appropriated to the salaries and expenses of Her Majesty's Household, and royal bounty, alms and special services.
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1990/Uksi_19902018_en_1.htm   (1432 words)

  
 Canadian Monarchist News: THE CIVIL LIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The amount is to remain at £7.9 million a year until 2011, the same as it has been for the previous 10 years.
The Queen Mother's Civil List payments also remain unchanged at £643,000 a year, as do those for the Duke of Edinburgh, £359,000.
Ignoring that Crown estate revenue for 1999 was over £132 million, the total cost of the Monarchy in 1999 was £37.8 million, (CAN $84.6 million) working out to $1.43 per resident of the UK ­ approximately double the 74 cents per capita for the Canadian Crown's total expenses, as calculated in a recent CMN study.
www.monarchist.ca /cmn/civil.htm   (334 words)

  
 Uniforms List : Civil War Uniform
Two of the original Civil War diaries are in the possession of his greatgranddaughter Mary Lockney of Brookfield, Wisconsin and his complete works are at the...
For the navies, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Fort Sumterwas fired upon and ended on June 23, 1865 with the official raising of the...
Uniforms List excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
uniformslist.com /civilwaruniform/index.php   (1003 words)

  
 Definition of Civil list
In the United Kingdom the civil list is the list of recipients of taxpayers' money that is given to the monarch and immediate members of the royal family so as to perform their state duties and keep the royal household.
In 2002, the civil list was £8,153,000 (GBP).
The civil list is funded in accordance with a 1760 settlement in which the monarch hands over the income from the Crown estates (£170,800,000 in 2003).
www.wordiq.com /definition/Civil_list   (293 words)

  
 The secrets of Queen Elizabeth's finances are published
The civil list (government payments to Buckingham Palace and the royal family) now costs the British taxpayer about £8.1 million each year.
However, rather than abolishing the civil list payments to the other royals, taxpayer handouts to them continued and the Queen curiously paid an equivalent sum back to the Treasury.
Edward Heath's cabinet in 1971 rejected a proposal from the palace for a pay rise for the Queen Mother that would have doubled her civil list payment from £70,000 to £140,000, saying it "might well lead to embarrassing criticism of the royal family".
www.theinternetforum.co.uk /rf/queen1.html   (654 words)

  
 Civil War Battle Reenactments Events & Reenacting Info
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Come join us in the 2007 Civil War Days in White Hall, Illinois to be held at the White Hall Reservoir east of town.
www.sutler.net /eventlist.asp   (1338 words)

  
 Civil List - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Civil List, yearly sum of money granted by the British Parliament to the country’s royalty to defray the expenses of the royal establishment.
Illustration : list of illustrations in Encarta: Ice-Age Migration Routes
If you used additional references during a science experiment or while composing a laboratory report, you’ll need to compose a list of the sources...
encarta.msn.com /Civil_List.html   (218 words)

  
 Alan Travis: The Queen's gold
The civil list reserve has been invested in money market deposits which boosted its value by £2m last year.
Yet despite that growing surplus, the civil list fund is topped up every year with a further £7.9m of taxpayers' money and will continue to be every year until 2010 when a new agreement is to be struck.
The Queen herself might be embarrassed by the taxpayers' money that has accumulated in her civil list account.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/6-27-2002-21339.asp   (967 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Royal family given secret deal over tax breaks
The files also reveal that Edward Heath's cabinet in 1971 secretly vetoed a palace-proposed 100% pay rise for the Queen Mother, that would have doubled her civil list annuity from £70,000 to £140,000, saying it "might well lead to embarrassing criticism of the royal family".
The papers record that when the Queen was told, "she reluctantly accepted the proposal but had pressed strongly for £95,000 instead of £90,000 on the grounds that it was important to "maintain a substantial differential between the Queen Mother and the other" royals.
The files also reveal why parliament was asked to agree the payment of civil list "annuities" to the minor royals such as Princess Alice, Princess Alexandra and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in a single lump sum along with the amounts for the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother, and Princess Anne.
politics.guardian.co.uk /economics/story/0,11268,724556,00.html   (524 words)

  
 Buckingham Palace press releases > Royal financial reports 2002-03
This transfer was with effect from 1st April 2001, to utilise the Civil List reserve brought forward at the beginning of this 10-year funding period.
However, costs are expected to decrease this year, and expenditure in the current Civil List 10-year period remains as outlined in the Report of the Royal Trustees in 2000.
This Annual Report of the Civil List is not a Royal Trustees Report, and it is being published for information only.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/page2430.asp   (613 words)

  
 CIVLIST - Mailing Lists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This list of civil engineering resources is brought to you by The Shilstone Companies.
The goal of the list is to foster and promote information sharing, cooperation and coordination among webmasters of civil engineering WWW servers in order to minimize efforts, improve the existing servers and help in the creation of new ones.
Students Executive (listserv@unbvm1.bitnet) Subscribe to listserv lists by sending private e-mail to the listserv address with the text "subscribe list first last" where list=name-of-the-list, first is your first name and last is your last name.
www.shilstone.com /public/maillist.htm   (540 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - U.S. - Civil War / War for Southern Independence
A Civil War cemetery located on hallowed ground in the gently rolling Virginia countryside honoring the living history of the Civil War.
List of Casualties in the 1st Brigade of Parson's Division, Army of Arkansas in the Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, 30 April 1864.
List of deaths of CS soldiers in the hospitals around Cassville, Georgia, during the period between October, 1863, and March, 1864.
www.cyndislist.com /cw.htm   (5081 words)

  
 Reading and Links Relating to the American Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The reading list may be considered to be the bibliography and a general listing of the sources of the biographical and historical information found on these pages.
While the Jucketts were not famous Civil War leaders, their letters do much to relate the flavor of the period and illuminate many of the experiences of the ordinary soldier.
The Cincinnati Civil War Round Table is a group of amateur historians from Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky who gather together to the study the American Civil War.
www.swcivilwar.com /cw_reading.html   (6643 words)

  
 IPS Civil List
We are happy to bring out the Golden Jubilee Edition of the Civil List of the Indian Police Service for the year 2006.
This Civil List is meant only for use as a ready reference to some basic information about IPS officers.
Any suggestion to further improve upon the Civil List is most welcome.
www.mha.nic.in /cdrlst.htm   (176 words)

  
 The Civil Engineering Portal - Mailing Lists
Currently the list has over thousand subscribers and you can expect 20 to 30 email's per day.
CIVIL-L is a mailing list dedicated to Civil Engineering Research & Education.
It is maintained by the List Server at UNB.CA.
www.icivilengineer.com /Mailing_Lists   (120 words)

  
 A List of Civil War Round Table websites
The Olde Colony Civil War Round Table at Dedham, Massachusetts, has the pleasure and honor to host and present "A list of Civil War Round Table websites" to the Civil War Community and the public.
DEDHAM, Mass.------ Members of the Olde Colony Civil War Round Table are hosts to a Internet web site that offers links to more than 100 other Civil War Round Table sites throughout the United States and other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany and England.
The links are listed by state and by site and the site has received rave reviews.
hometown.aol.com /gordonkwok/cwrtlist.html   (789 words)

  
 NYSHA/TFM Research Library - A Select List of Civil War Research Sources
Rosters and Lists of Civil War Veterans
Histories of the Civil War and books pertaining to the presidential administration Abraham Lincoln are found under this number.
1984).This is an index to the names in 13 rolls of microfilm of the Special Schedules of the 11th census (1890) enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War.
www.nysha.org /library/online/civilwar.htm   (324 words)

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