The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04
WHAT THE CHURCH or ENGLAND cOsrs

| Until very lately IL was inpracticahlo
to state with anything like prcc - the weigls
of expenditure which the Ana <an Estnblisb
ment entails on tho English people. This il n
matter about which non -comformiss are mt,
urally very curious. and long step toward i,s
calculation has recently been taken by one "a
their associations for the liberation Of religion
| from state control Tho editor Of the Sta,ca-
man Yearbook" Frederick Martin was en-
poyed TO compile all existing or aitainnlle
statistics on the subject. and his report new
published presents the first exhibit Of the fars
which is ut once trustworthy and exhaustive
We need dwell but moment on the nxoJ
payments now allotted to the members OF tia
epscopate. since these sums. fixed los act q
| Parliament. are sufficiently VOL known Va
| need only call to mind that the net annual sal-
AIRY attached to the Soc of Canterbury IL t72-
| GOO: TINT York and London receive $4,000
each. and Durham tiU.O0O. while the minimum
stipend allowed to any bishopric IL f2i 900 To
what extent the law was reform may be- indi-
Gated in two words Previously the net income
Of Canterbury was s12l 900. and that of Ilandan
$1,000. AT present the gross amount Of the SAL
aries pnid to the thirty bishops in England and
Wales IL ts05.OOO In the case Of deans
and canons q like attempt has been made by
Parliament TO oxtenuate the striking in
CAPABILITIES in the amount OF stipend and to de
mnish the number OF the latter ecclesiastica
whenever a vacancy occurred through death.
Nevertheless. $500 represents the mnimum
sum now paid in money to each Of the twenty
nine deans and 81. 726 the smallest amount res
ccivcd by any OF the one hundred md thirty
one canons. AZ to the services rendered by tho
latter dignitaries. It WINS once said BY the holder
OF n canonry that not only had he nothing to
do. but no was forbidden by law and custom 10
do anything.
The whole burden laid upon the nation hy
this part Of the Establishment is by no means
summed up In n statement OF tho pocunlnry
allotments fixed by law. All the bishops and
many OF the canons are gratuitously lodged.
and enjoy the use OF real estate yielding con-
siderable supplement to their income Accord
ing TO Mr.. Martin. the average renting value ot
an episcopal residence is not ess than q. OOOper
annum. Moreover. the aggregate amount %
land credited to the episcopate 10y the recent Par
linmentary report known as the new DOoms-
day Book IL 80 900 acres. producing IA net re-
turn OF 100000 which II equally distributed
among the thirty bishops would give each some
$500 additional revenue. on the other hand.
the body OF deans aud canons ID affirmed 10y tho
"Doomsday Book To- own AZ least seventy thou-
sand acres whose gross rental is estimated nc
100000. 80 far we have taken no account Of tbs
land with which cathedrals are endowed for
the support OF such officers as arch doacons.
dencona sub-deacons. beadles. sections. Ac., or
for repair and decoration accounts. The guam
tity Of real estate devoted 10 these purposes 10
not less than nifty thousand acres. making tho
whole amount OF real property controlled by
the Ecclesiastical Commission 100000 acres.
Twenty two years ago this wns officially COM
putcd to be worth sl75.000 600 and crrtnn-
y makes tho Commiss toner's the largest land
propretors In England next to the two Univer-
stiles of Oxford and Cambridge. which together
possess 2s7 900 acres. As "a the amount OF
capital locked up in cathedral buildings. II is
calculated that n million dollars apiece. or
twenty millions for the whole. would la
required to replace them. Here We mny mons
ton that the reconstruction of the extant
church odinces would cost. in the opinion II
competent architects not less than s4sOOJ0O00.
These buildings. however. being scarcely avail
able In any for secular uses. must be
classed as unproductiyc real estate, and our
present object Is TO fix the current outlay IN
money. or it's equivalent imposed 10y the Esusb<
lishment
! We now come to the rectors. Wears. and othcI
/ holders OF benohces who IN exchange for
services, really performed IN large part by I'M
| derpaid assistants. reap 10y far the graatoet
share Of Anglican cmoluments According to
the last Clergy List. u scmi-oifi 'lal publication.
| tho whole number Of boncnced clergymen il Il
present 1890. enjoying an aggregate net row
| onue from tithos. or their legal equi vuleni e
! about t2I. 900. 900. But numerous facts cited ~
| Mr.. Martin would indicate that the income ros
turned by clerical authorities was signnlJ
undcrstatod. For example, the Rectory OF iioch%
dale had been appraised in the clerical directOs
res at $S.G25. but when the parish wns divided
| and 1t was necessary to capitalize tho roctord
| interest 1t turned out that the latter's incoma
reached $50 900 por yelr So. too the Rrctory
| OF Shepton- Mallet, which il valued in the Cergl
List Mt 81 780, proved to he worth nearly twice
MS much when II came into the market some
months ago. Finally Mr.. Martin shows by tho
private statistics " tho Worcester diocese thai
| S72 rectorships received in tithes an aggregate
| sum OF $500 100. or n mean stipend OF nearly
81 400, instead OF tho BOO affirmed 10y the
| Clergy List to DO the average salary Assuming
however figure half way between these ex-
tremes, Mr.. Martin ascrihes a collective reyo~
nue. Of moro than twenty six million dollars ID
the benefited clergy
Passing 10 the real estate in the hands II in'
! cumbents We Mud this estimated from all ts
statistics accessible at 225 0OO acres. producing
net revenue of about one and n quarter miE
! lion dollars At least eight out ~ ten parsonG
! nrc gratutously lodged. The whole number 81
glchc houses approaches eleven thousand
valued. VIZ may add. al ;G7,5o0uoo. reurcsentt
| ing NJ & per cent, m annual rental # some
/ four million dollars
So much for tho nristo'rRcy y the lstahlish'
mcnt. The clerical prolc,ariai. or tho work.
ing curatcs." ARE said t. number about 67Gh
and their salaries range from, siuU 10 less than
500 There ARE also some 5uO persons be'
longing to what II known as the unattached
clergy including missionaries. school teachers
and chnplains in the army and navy. va
may here point ont that the annual -ulsidI
granted by Parliament t. the EsthHh'
mont for school purposes il a. ,5uo0oo, and
that the sum available for the relic! Il the IN
digent clergy. under the technical hHIuc oi
Queen Anne's Bounty, amounts 1 ;l7uo0o rel
year. To sum w the whole annual outlay -
the maintenance of the Anglican Church. u.t
is computed by Mr. Martin at upward Of SAB
900 900 And these figures lei Us add take 10
account of the capital absorbed ~ The 'onstrue'
ton Of ecclesiastical odihces. norol the large
and constantly increasing sums Obtained from
voluntary subscriptions
Man