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Show Curious Perquisites of Royalty. It appears that by a curious statute of the realm the king of Groat Britain and Ireland Is entitled to every stur-poon stur-poon Inuded in the United Kingdom. The king has also tlt rluht to the he-id of every whale caught off the coasts of his kingdom. The tall of the whale Is the queen's perquisite, the ohleet of UlN eurlous ilivlslon being thnt hur mnlesty shall' nlwuyu lie well supplied with whale rjqne, although slnguhrly enough, the whalebone is the king's half, Among other strange perquisites ol England's rulers are a pair of white loves, n pound of ciiiulii seed, a pair uf scarlet hose and n silver needle from his tailor. Harper's. |