OFFERTORY.

Number of Churches at which Collections are made at the Offertory 365 times, I; 350, 1; 312, 1; 237, I; 208, 2; 160, 1; 156, 18; 137, 1; 131, 1; 116, 1; 110, 1; 108, 1; 104, 42; 102, 1; 88, 1; 87, 1; 80, 1; 79, 1; 78, 1; 76, 2; 73, 1; 72, 1; 68, 1; 67, 1; 66, 4; 64, 2; 63, 1; 62, 1; 60, 2; 58, 1; 57, 1; 56, 3; 55, 5; 54, 5; 52, 44; 48, 1; 43, I; 42, I; 41, I; 40, 2; 39, 2; 38, I; 36, 5; 35, 1; 34, 1; 32, 5; 30, II; 29, 2; 28, 10; 27, 2; 26, 15; 25, 1; 24, 25; 23, 1; 22, 4; 21, 4; 20, II; 19, 6; 18, II; 17, II; 16, 53; 15, 27; 14, 25; 13, 11; 12, 166; II, 7; 10, 7; 9, 4; 8, 19; 7, 9; 6, 41; 5, 6; 4, 34; 3, 5; 2, 7 ; I, 2.

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18

Certificates of Completion filed

Orders for Repairs to be executed, but Certificates not yet filed... Waiting for time for Objections to expire, or Reports not yet sent in

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Objections have been received in 31 cases. Complaints have been received in 6 cases. In two of them the Incumbents made requests for surveys; and in the remaining four the Incumbents elected to do the repairs, three of them vacating their Benefices before the completion of the works.

APPENDIX E.

THE CHURCHYARDS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN THE DIOCESE ARE OVERCROWDED.

In many other Parishes the Churchyards are full and already closed; and Cemeteries have been provided.

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APPENDIX F.

TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS AND PROPER LESSONS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

AS PUT FORTH BY THE ORDINARY, IN THE SYNOD HELD AT LINCOLN, ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1871.*

TABLE I.

PROPER PSALMS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

For Advent Sunday.-All, or any of the following may be used.

Mattins, Psalm 18, 82, 96.

Evensong-Psalm 97, 98, 110, 143.

See also below, in Table II., Psalms for the Third Service on Sundays in Advent. These may be used also at Morning Prayer, or Evensong, on those Sundays.

For the Festival of Circumcision, or New Year's Day.

Mattins-Psalm 1, 20, 103.

Evensong-Psalm 40, 113, 144.
Any of these Psalms may be used on New Years Eve, and Psalm 90.
For the Festival of the Epiphany.

Mattins-Psalm 2, 19, or 29, 45.

Evensong-Psalm 72, 87, 90.

For the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
Mattins-Psalm 15. 24, 40.
Evensong-Psalm 48, 131, 134.

For the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mattins-Psalm 5, 20, 21, 118.
Mattins-Psalm 23, 26, 41.
Mattins-Psalm 4, 16, 31, 49, 142.
Mattins-Psalm 54 72, 81.
Mattins-Psalm 103, 108, ill
Mattins-Psalm 8, 19, 27, 29.
Mattins-Psalm 65, 76, 77.
Mattins-Psalm 8, 29, 33, 67.

Evensong-Psalm 98, 99, 100.

For Tuesday after Easter.*
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Evensong-Psalm 114, 115, 116, 117.

For Monday in Whitsun Week.*

Evensong-Psalm 33, 46, 47, 48.

For Tuesday in Whitsun Week.*

Evensong - Psalm 96, 97, 98, 103.

For Trinity Sunday.

Evensong-Psalm 93, 96, 97, 99.

For the Festival S. Michael and All Angels, September 29.

Mattins-Psalm 8, 24, 34, 91.

Evensong-Fsalm 97, 103, 48.

All Saints' Day, November 1.*

Any of the following may be used:

Mattins-Psalm 1. 11, 15, 16, 20, 30, 33, 34, 61, 79, 84.
Evensong-Psalm 92, 97, 112, 138, 141, 147, 148, 149.

* Some Proper Psalms, and some additional Proper Lessons, have been put forth by the Ordinary since the Synod.

Proper Lessons and Proper Psalms, &c.

On Days of Apostles and other Festivals;

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When the Psalms in the Daily Order are less appropriate, any of the following may be used, at the discretion of the Minister :

Psalm 19, 34, 45, 46, 61, 64, 68, 75, 97, 98, 99, 110, 113, 116, 126.

For the Consecration of Churches; or Anniversaries of their Consecration, and for the Re-opening of Churches after Restoration.

Any of the following may be used:

Psalm 24, 27, 45, 46, 47, 48, 84, 87, 100, 118, 122, 132, 133, 234, 150.

For the Consecration of Churchyards-Psalm 39, 90.

For Harvest Festivals-Any of the following may be used :-
Psalm 65, 67, 81, 103, 104, 126, 127, 128, 144, 145. 147.

For School Festivals-Psalm 8, 23, 34, 119, (v. 1 to 17), 148.
For Choral Festivals-Psalm 33, 47, 81, 92, 96, 98, 108, 142, 147, 150.
For Ember Days--Psalm 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134.
For Rogation Days-Psalm 34, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 103, 104, 107, 126, 147, 148.
For Missionary Services-Psalm 19, 72, 117. Also any of the Psalms appointed above for
the Festival of the Epiphany.
For Diocesan Synods, Visitations, Rurideacanal Chapters-Psalm 68, 84, 87, 122, 133.
For Annual Festivals of Benefit Societies-Psalm 112, 133, 145.

At Confirmation-Psalm 15, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 34, 84, 116, 119, 148.

TABLE II.

PSALMS WHICH MAY BE USED AT A THIRD SERVICE ON SUNDAYS AND

PROPER LESSONS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
For Consecration of Churches.
First Lesson-1 Chron. xxix., or 1 Kings viii. 22 to 62.
or Mark vi. 11.

Second Lesson-Heb. x. 19 to 26,
For Re-opening of Churches after Restoration.
First Lesson-2 Chron. xxxiv. 8 to 29, or Ezra iii., or Isa. lviii., or Haggai ii. Second
Lesson-Luke ii. 25 to 39, xix. 37; John ii. 13; Eph. ii., or Rev. xxi.