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Shifilinij. - Tin- 1'niti-d Kingdom has _>:>, '_>1)O 

 vowels, aggregate 7,400,000 IUIIH, which, at the 

 iiii-iliiiin valuation of 17, 10s. per ton, makes 130 

 million* sterling. Over 3 million* yearly go into 

 iirw men-hunt- vessels huilt in the tliree kingdoms. 



Merchtindise. We assume six months' imports 

 and i- \portH to represent at each of the above dates 

 tin- value of merchandise on hand. It is probably 

 mi. I. -i the reality. 



Sundries were estimated in 1887 as follows : 



Million Co. 



Canals, dockn, dockyards, and navy 116 



QM. water- works, telegraphs 178 



Colonial loans and railways 432 



Australian mortgages 330 



Knrt'ign stocks 814 



Total 1869 



The amount of British capital in foreign stocks is 

 variously estimated. 



Jiullion. Thin ix not pro|ierly wealth, but a 



ki-n of it. However, in deference to vulgar 

 prejudice, we include the estimated amount of 

 gold ami silver at different date*. 



According to the I'robate return* for 1881-85 

 tin- \vi-altli held by the inhabitant* of the United 

 Kingdom would then have been only H200 million* 

 sterling. It must, however, be observed that 

 estates under 100 escape the Probate Court, and 

 many large estates are under-valued in proving 

 succession ; also, that the royal navy, dockyards, 

 prisons, lighthouse*), high-roads, &c. have to be 

 added to the Probate estimates, which will bring 

 us up to the total of 9228, as first stated. 



RELIGION. The census takes no note of religion 

 except in Ireland, but the ratios of marriages in 

 the different churches enable us to form a close 

 estimate of the adherents to the various creeds in 

 England and Scotland. On the basis of the census 

 of 1881 the figures would stand thus : 



The Established Church, before the disestablish- 

 ment in Ireland in 1869, comprised the following 

 livings : 



Nominated by England. 



Crown 962 



Noblemen 5,096 



Bishops, &c 4,694 



Total 10,742 



Ireland. Total. 



131 1,083 



340 5,436 



924 5,618 



1395 12,137 



A report, published in 1880, on the income of the 

 Established Church in England and Wales, was as 

 follows : 



Tithes 4,054,000 



Committee grants 776,000 



Other sources 973,000 



Total 5,803,000 



The above, however, included 962,000 of tithes 

 that go to laymen, the real Church income being 

 4,841,000, distributed thus : 



Clergy. No. 



Bishops 83 



Canons 166 



Rectors. 11,780 



Curates 5,050 



Total 17,029 



Income. 

 168,000 



240,000 

 3,830,000 



603,000 



4,841,000 



Per bead. 



5100 



1440 



330 



120 



The above does not include the 'offertory,' which 

 has been found to range from 100 to 240 per 

 annum in each church, and is estimated to sum 

 iu> 2,200,000 yearly, at 120 per church. The 

 Ecclesiastical Report for 1880 shows that in forty 

 years the commissioners have expended 22A 

 million- in creating new endowments to an annual 

 value of 746,000 in aid of 4700 distressed parishes 

 say 160 each. The commissioners distribute 

 alxmt 700,000 a year in creating new benefices, 

 to an average amount of 23,000 per annum. 

 I'.alance still in hand, 8,200,000. The above 

 tables do not include collegiate endowments, worth 

 550,000 a year. Total clergy of Church of Eng- 

 land 19,000, including 2000 schoolmasters. The 

 rimrch of England has, moreover, 232 clergyman 

 in Scotland, 820 in Ireland, and -2700 in cofonies 

 and foreign countries, making a grand total of 

 29,752. 



The nnmliiT of churches of all persuasions in 

 England and Wales in 1883 was as follows : 



Church of England 14,573 



Methodist 11,514 



Independent 2,608 



Baptist 2,248 



Calvinist 896 



Roman Catholic 824 



Quaker 875 



Presbyterian 201 



Jewish 60 



Various 2,628 



Total 35,916 



In the above are not included 364 Roman Catholic 

 chapels attached to religious houses, possessing no 

 marriage license. 



The condition of the Anglican Church in Ireland 

 in 1880 was as follows : 



Number of clergy 820 



Number of laity 635,100 



Endowment 180,000 



Donations 118,000 



Total income 248,000 



Endowed capital 3,260,000 



There are twelve bishops, who receive 41,500 

 per annum average 3600 each. In November 

 1880 the residue of property formerly belonging to 

 the Anglican Church in Ireland was valued at 12 

 millions, producing a revenue of 574,000, to lie 

 devoted to purposes of general utility or benefi- 

 cence. 



The condition of the Roman Catholic Church in 

 the British empire in 1882 was as follows : 



BUbopt. Priest*. Churches. Laity. 



England 16 2112 188 1,066,000 



Scotland 6 306 296 818,000 



Ireland 88 3290 2760 8,952,000 



Canada 24 1210 1060 2,150,000 



Australia 16 376 787 584,000 



India 22 1179 TOO 1,318,000 



Other colonies 20 315 240 468,000 



Total 131 87S8 7020 9,854,000 



The average income in the United Kingdom is 

 400 for a bishop, and 80 for a priest. In India 

 it is 260 per bishop, and 36 per priest. In 

 Canada and Australia it is higher than in England. 



There are 51,000 Jews in tin- Tinted Kingdom. 



MANUFACTURES. M'Phenon'a table of British 

 manufactures in 1782 compares with the estimates 

 for 1882 (United Kingdom ) as follows : 



