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is liis Eminence Cardinal Moran^ wlio is also Apostolic Delegate for 

 Australia. He is assisted by a coadjutor bishop, and six suffragans 

 have cathedrals at Goulburn, ])ntliurst, Maitland, (irafton, Arniidak'', 

 and Wilcannia. 



The Presbyterian Church is divided into three main sections, the 

 Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, the Presbyterian Church 

 of Eastern Australia, and the Free Presbyterian Church. Tliere are 

 also the Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church. 

 Altogether the denomination has 250 churches, and there are 485 

 public buildings used occasionally for worship. The total number of 

 ministers is 160, of whom 154 belong to the first-named Ijranch, nine 

 to the second, and one to the tliird, while two others are nnattached. 

 The church buildings accommodate 01,805 sittings, and the adult 

 attendance is about half. The Moderator is elected yearly. 



The various branches of the Methodist body include the Wesleyan 

 Methodists and Primitive Methodists as its main bodies, but there are 

 other smaller divisions. In 1805 a movement for amalgamation made 

 considerable headway, the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia 

 visiting Sydney to advocate the union. Altogether, the denomination 

 numbers 110,112 members, of whom 87,510 belong to the first-named 

 division, which has 13o ministers, or one to 058 adherents. It has 

 eight districts, with 401 churches and 518 other preaching stations. 

 There are 490 local preachers, the church membersliip is about 9,031, 

 and the attendance of adults at Divine Service is over 50,000. The 

 Primitive, United, and other Methodist bodies, including the New 

 Connection, number about 22,500 adherents, with 37 ministers and 91 

 churches, with 21 other buildings offering seating accommodation for 

 16,718. The attendance stands at over 10,000, and the President of 

 Conference is elected yearly. 



The Congregational Church has 24,089 adherents, and 05 ministers, 

 with an average of 371 adherents to each. Thei'eare 01 churches and 

 o^ other buildings used for worship, with sittings for 20,390 persons, 

 with an average adult attendance of about half. 



The Baptist Church includes the Baptist Union, numbering 12,344 

 adherents and 27 pastors, or one to 257, and other subdivisions, which 

 include the Particular and Adventist Baptists. Altogether there are 

 32 pastors, 41 churches, and 61 other buildings, with sitting accommo- 

 dation for 10,875, and a regular adult attendance of about half. 



The Salvation Army has 11 officers licensed to celebrate marriages, 

 and 208 buildings are used for service, with a Sunday attendance 

 computed at 45,765. 



The Lutherans number 7,950, with five ministers ; the Bible 

 Christians 2,336, with nine ministers, and the Church of Christ enrols 

 2,042 members, with five ministers. The Unitarian body has one 

 minister, and 1,329 adherents. There arc eight other ministers of 

 Christian sects, with 2,773 adherents, and 5,484 Hebrews, with three 

 rabbis. The Buddhists, chiefly Chinese or Hindoos, number 10,110, 

 while about 6,000 are agnostics or free-thinkers, about 3,000 profess 

 to have no religion, about 5,000 claim to belong to no denomination, 

 and about 11,000 refused to give any information on Uie subject at 

 the last census. Denominations numbering under 500 adherents 



