THE ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, in moving for Returns connected with the Established Church in Ireland, said, that he was induced to ask for this information because it had recently been stated that the number of parochial benefices belonging to the Established Church in Ireland in which there were clergymen without any Protestant parishioners was 191, whereas the fact was there was not a single parochial benefice which did not contain within it some inhabitants members of that Church.
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Moved, That there be laid before this House,
Return of the Number of Benefices having Provision for Cure of Souls in Ireland, with the Population of the Established Church resident therein, according to the Census taken in the Tear 1861: The Word "Benefice" to be understood to mean "The Parochial Benefice or Territorial Extent comprised within each particular Cure of Souls," in accordance with the Definition given by the Commissioners of Public Instruction in Page 3. of their Report, 1884:
§ Number of Benefices in which there is no Member of the Established Church:
§ Number in which there is 1 and not more than 20
§ Number in which there is 20 and not more than 50
§ Number in which there is 50 and not more than 100
§ Number in which there is 100 and not more than 200
§ Number in which there is 200 and not more than 500
§ Number in which there is 500 and not more than 1,000
§ Number in which there is 1,000 and not more than 2,000
§ Number in which there is 2,000 and not more than 5,000
§ Number in which there is 5,000 and upwards:—
§ (The Archbishop of Armagh.)
§ Motion (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.