A History of Tithes (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ..., 29,169 5 8 inposs. of E.G. $,772 13 4 on lease in 1891. In this statement we get the actual amount which was outstanding on beneficial leases in 1891, viz., in St. David's Diocese, 5,191 65. &/. on the prebendal tithes only; in St. Asaph's, . 581 6s. StZ. The annual payments out of the Common Fund in 1889 to the Church in Wales were the following: --Bishops Deans Canons Minor Canons Doraus and Fabric............... 1,800 Four archdeacons............... 1,060 St. David's College, Lampeter... 1,5 Interest on Capital Grants for Cathedral repairs... 893 17,100 2,800 5,600 1,270 Total from the Common Fund 67,634 The net annual income derived by the E. C. for 1888 from property in Wales was. 28,796. Therefore. 38,838 was a free grant out of the Common Fund to the Church in Wales in 1889, and the amount was much larger for 1890. The value in 1889 of. 29,169 commuted tithes in Wales, was. 23,014, which was all that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners can be credited with. By a parliamentary return, issued 3oth June, 1890, the E. C. state that in 1885 they had. 23,798 of depreciated value of the commuted tithes. The amount in possession of the E. C. varies from year to year on account of (i) depreciation of value; (2) the falling in of beneficial leases, and (3) annexations of all or part of this property to parishes to satisfy local claims when the leases expire. The total gross revenues from tithes, glebes, Common Fund of E.G., Queen Anne's Bounty, etc., of bishops, chapters and incumbents, in the four Welsh dioceses were in 1890 325,226; curates, etc., 55,000 additional. Church population, including children, 350,000. Nonconformist population = 1,400,000. The Welsh parochial...