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AUSTRALASIA. 



and its importation restricted to certain Chinese traders. The yearly outlay, 

 whicli includes the maintenance of the diplomatic service in China and Japan, is 

 usually in excess of the income. 



Although the Inquisition has been abolished in the present century, the 



^ Fig. 120. — Peovincial Divisions of the Philippines. 

 Scale 1 : 11,300,000. 



240 Miles. 



exercise of no public worship is tolerated except that of Catholicism, the State 

 religion. A part of the tribute is strictly reserved for the support of the clergy, 

 who have also a right to exact direct contributions called pie de altar, because paid 

 by the faithful at " the foot of the altar." The Spanish secular clergy, com- 

 prising a small number of ecclesiastics, reside chiefly in the archiépiscopal city of 

 Manilla, and in the three bishoprics of Nueva-Caceres, Jaro and Cebu. The 



