1000 Galleon Reward

[rbookworm46]

No: HPFGUIDX 131290

tyler maroney <tmar78 at y...> wrote:
Regarding the 1000 Galleon Reward offered for the
capture of any of the escaped DEs,  I had a thought. 
JKR said that Harry will leave Privet Drive early in
the summer for a "pleasant" reason.  What if its to
collect the reward money?  Thoughts anyone?

Karen:
<snip> but my gut reaction was that the reward would be 9000 galleons 
and that the adults would decline to share it, although Lupin may be 
persuaded to take his share due to his personal circumstances.  I 
also think that Harry and Hermione will decline, as neither of them 
are needy financially.  <snip>

Bookworm:
It all depends on the wording of whatever legal document the Ministry 
wrote.  Many times a reward offered is split between all the people 
who provided information; other times each person gets the total 
amount offered.  

If, as Karen suggests, each person gets 1000 galleons, then each 
person would have to claim it for themselves.  For example, if Harry 
declined his share, his 1000 galleons would stay with the Ministry - 
it wouldn't be divided among the others.  

If he wants Ron, Ginny, Neville, etc. to split it, Harry will have to 
claim his share then divide it himself.  So the total amount received 
would be either G1000 each, or G1000 divided by the number of 
claims.  Either way, no one would be sharing G9000.

Since I think Harry would either not claim his share or give it away 
(like the Tournament winnings), I don't think that will be 
the "pleasant reason" he leaves Privet Drive early.  Just MHO, of 
course. ;-)

Ravenclaw Bookworm