The annual statistical return of the voluntary offerings of the
Church of England, compiled by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in accordance with the scheme sanctioned by Convocation in 1889, was issued on Monday. Under Part I. the largest entry is £846,162 for foreign missions, missionary Colleges, &a., while 2727,569 has been contributed for home mission societies, Bishops' funds for church extension, church-building societies, tem- perance or rescue work, and missions to soldiers and sailors. Educational and charitable assistance to clergy accounts for 2241,520, and £551,870 has gone to industrial schools, peni- tentiaries, preventive homes, orphanages, cottage and special hospitals, nursing institutions, &c. The total contributed under Part I. amounts to 22,450,541. In Part II. 23,835,303• has been raised for general parochial purposes,—i.e., main- tenance of church services, support of the poor, church- building, and endowment of benefices. Church day-schools and Sunday.schools have received £641,711, and £840,853 has been contributed to the support of assistant clergy. The total contributed for general and parochial purposes amounts to £7,768,410, exclusive of contributions to societies supported jointly by Churchmen and Nonconformists, grants from Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Queen Anne's Bounty, and anything in the nature of Government aid.
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