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The Official Year-book of the Church of England. Hon. Editor,

Rev. F. Burnside. (8.P.C.K. 3s) -This volume continues to render the inestimable service of full and authentic information as to the work of the Church, so far as it can be estimated from outside. We see that the gross income of ecclesiastical benefices is put down at 23,941,057. Of this 2283,904 may be considered as net, being payments of grants from various bodies, dividends, and rent charges. From the balance of £3,651,153 about two-fifths for depreciation of tithe, rates, dr.c., should be deducted. Dividing this by 13,979, we get an average of £165 per benefice, to which must be added 220 per benefice for private benefactions.