192 TRINIDAD. 



4,480 for a Catholic population of 44,576 ; or, at the rate of 

 about two shillings per head of that population. 



In the Episcopal Establishment, the archdeacon receives 

 500 sterling; the rector of Trinity Church also as rural dean 

 600 ; each other rector, 350 ; and each assistant- curate from 

 150 to 300 sterling making a grand total of 5,303 sterling 

 for a population of 16,275 individuals ; or, at the rate of six 

 shillings and sixpence per head of that population. The par- 

 sonage house of Port of Spain having been declared crown 

 property, is, of course, maintained at the public expense, and not 

 a year elapses without some grant being also made for the repairs 

 or improvement of churches and parsonage-houses in the rural 

 districts, though such grants are against the provisions of the 

 Ecclesiastical Ordinance. 



The Catholic as well as the Episcopalian Establishment is 

 aided in the erection of new places of worship by grants from the 

 local government. The rules are these : subscription funds are 

 collected and deposited at the colonial bank ; and, on application 

 being made for a grant accompanied by estimates the Council 

 generally votes a sum equal to that collected, or in deposit. 



If we seek to establish a comparison between the different 

 Christian denominations, in respect to the number of ministers 

 attached to each, we arrive at the following results : Catholic 

 church, 1 minister to 1,714 inhabitants; Church of England, 

 1 to 1,085 ; Wesleyans, 1 to 1,255 ; Presbyterians, 1 to 258 ; 

 Baptists, 1 minister to 449 inhabitants. So that the Roman 

 Catholic Church, though numerically superior, is much more 

 inadequately provided for than the others : this becomes still 

 more apparent when the various duties of a priest of that church 

 are taken into consideration ; besides which, even under the above 

 slender provision, there are, at present, five Catholic parishes 

 without pastors. 



The following are the parishes under the control of the 

 Church of England. County of St. George Holy Trinity, 

 comprising Port of Spain and vicinity ; St. Mary (Tacarigua and 

 Aroma) ; St. Michael (districts W. of Port of Spain) St. Jude 

 (Arima and Q-uanape) ; St. John (St. Joseph and Santa-Qruz). 

 County of Caroni St. Thomas (Qhaguanas) ; St. Andrew (Cara- 

 pichaima and Oouvd) ; St. Philip (Savanata). County of Victoria 

 St. Paul (N. Naparima) ; St. Peter (Pointe-d-pierre) ; St. 



