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tersea, Bermondsey °cf. "thwark, 4trj:t Itthe parishes Lambeth, Rotherhithe, am
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rev, and diocese of Winche R,.. ,1
in the county of Sur-
Newington, Barnet, pp. .er ; -and the parishes of St. Mary
the county of Surrey, `ney, 51ortlake, and Wimbledon, in
Archbishop of Ca, and in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
-)laces locally 0: _,terbury ; together with all extra-parochial
.numerated -'tuate within the limits of the parishes above
re- , except the district of Lambeth-palace, which
I- Alain in the diocese of Canterbury.
arranging the diocese of London, 'Jur great object baa
peen to bring under the jurisdiction of the same bishop the
metropolis and the suburban parishes; and, in assigning the
boundaries of the diocese, we have a'aopted those fixed by an
act passed in the fourth and fifth years. of your Majesty's reign,
as comprising the metropolitan district.
In consideration of the great •additional population which
will then be placed under the superintendence of the Bishop
of London, we have thougl:t it right to relieve that diocese
from the whole county of HeT..eford, and from those parts of the
county of Essex which. are not included within the nevi-
20. That the diocese of Rochester shall consist of the city
and deanery of Roche;ter, of the county of Essex (excepting
those parishes whirl-, will remain in the diocese of London) and
of the whole cOranty of Hertford ; and that an arrangement
shall be e&ct:ed at the earliest convenient opportunity by which
a residence for the Bishop of Rochester may be provided in
the coo:ity of Essex or Hertford, instead of his present house
of 7esidence at Bromley, in Kent.
21. That the diocese of Oxford shall be increased by the
addition of the county of Buckingham, from the diocese of
Lincoln, and of Berkshire from that of Salisbury.
22. That to the diocese of Salisbury, reduced according to
the foregoing propositions, shall he added the whole county of
Dorset, now part of the diocese of Bristol.
23. That the diocese of c.3anterbury shall eonsist of the
county of Kent (except thise parts which are to be included
in the dioceses of London and Rochester), and of the district
of Lambeth-palace, and the parishes of Addington and Croy-
don, in the county of Surrey.
24. That the diocese of Winchester shall remain unaltered,
except as to those parts which are to be transferred to the
dioceses of Canterbury and London.
25. Some doubts having been raised as to the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of Exeter fiver the Scilly Islands, we think that
those doubts should lati removed. No other suggestion is of-
fered respecting that diocese ; nor is it proposed that any al-
teration should be made in the diocese of Bath and Wells, or
in that of Chichester.
We further propose-
-26. That all parishes not specified in this report, which are
locally situate in one diocese, but under the jurisdiction of the
Bishop of another diocese, shall become subject to the juris-
diction of the Bishop of the diocese within which they ar©
locally situate.
We have used our best endeavours to learn the opinions of
the several Bishops respecting these proposed arrangements, as
far as they affect their respective dioceses, and have availed
ourselves of many suggestions which their local knowledge
enabled them to supply.
If your Majesty shall approve of the above propositions, it
will be necessary that we should consider of some plan for
providing a residence for each of the Bishops of Manchester
and Ripon ; and also for the Bishop of Lincoln, whose resi-
den at Buckden will not then be within his diocese.
The adoption of the alterations now suggested will involve
the necessity of varying the limits of some archdear:onries and
rural deaneries; and we further think that it will be highly
expedient to place every parish within a deanery, and every
deanery within an archdeaconry ; and that no archdeaconry
should extend into more than one diocese.

REVENUE.
In considering the subject of episcopal 'revenues, we have
been materially assisted by the returns made to the Commis--
sinners appointed urder a Commission issued by your Majesty
in the year 1832, and extended in 'the years 18:33 and 1834,
for inquiring (amongst other things) into the " revenues and
patronage belonging to the several archiepiscopal and episco-
pal sees in England and
These returns general: Ay present the average of three years
ending the 31st of rJecember, 1831 ; but in some instances
they contain corrections to a later date.
As a greater part of the episcopal revenues arises from fines
on the rcnejwal of leases, of which some are granted for three
lives, renewable when a life drops, and others for 21 years, re-
newrable every seven, and in towns for 40 years, renewable
tvery 14, it is manifest that a period of three years is too short
to exhibit a correct average of the annual value of the several
sees ; and that an average so talen will show an excess, where
large fines have recently accrued, and a deficit were no fine,
or an unusually small amount of fines, has been received. But
as this point has been adverted to by the Bishops in estimat-
ing the probable increase or diminution of the incomes of
their respective sees, we mac venture to refer your Majesty
to the following table, framed from those returns, as containing
information sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this report.
PROBABLE CAUSES OF INCREASE OR DIMINU-
TION OF INCOME.

DIOCESE.
CANTERBURY.
Expectcd increase of 1,544/. shown by the following statement:
From fines, 1,3661., and from the diminution of the expenses of
repairs of farm buildings, 400/. £1,786
Deduct therefrom in respect of yearly allowance to
be henceforth made to lessees of estates of the,
see, for reversionary augmentations, to the
amount of 1,040/., granted by the Archbishop
to poor livings in the patronage of the see ...... 222

£1,544
One- fortieth part of a sum of 6,000/. borrowed on mortgage
under an Act of Parliament for rebuilding Lambeth Palace, and
making additions to the mansion at Addington, is payable yearly,
with interest on the principle remaining unpaid.
The present yearly payment amounts to 3,780/., including inte-
rest, which will decrease at the rate of 601. every year.
The last payment will be in 1873.

YORK.
The average annual amount of fines on renewal for the three
years ending Dec. 31, 1831, exceeded, from particular circum•
stances the usual average by at least 2,000/., and there will be a
proceeds of the estates generally, from the diminution of the
further decrease of about twenty per cent. in the amount of the
value,of agricultuaal produce; the inhume of the see will also
be further reduced by augmentations of the small livings in the
patronage of the Archbishop, about to be made, in addition
to those already granted.