by the surplus funds of the
_Sanctorum_. The chief items of Church expenditure were as follows,
viz.:--

_State outlay for Church._
P. cts.

Archbishop's salary 12,000 00
Other salaries (Cathedral) 40,300 00
Other expenses (Cathedral) 3,000 00
Four Bishops, each with a salary of P6,000 24,000 00
Court of Arches (amount contributed by the State [95]) 5,000 00
Chaplain of Los Banos 120 00
Sulu Mission 1,000 00
Mission House in Manila for Capuchin friars 1,700 00
12 Capuchins (State paid) for the Caroline and Pelew
Islands--6 at P300 and 6 at P500 each per annum 4,800 00
Transport of Missionaries estimated at about, per annum 10,000 00
The anticipated _total_ State outlay for the support of
the Church, Missions, Monasteries, Convents, etc.,
_including the above and all other items_ for the
financial year of 1888 was P724,634 50

Moreover, the religious Corporations possessed large private
revenues. The Dominicans' investments in Hong-Kong, derived from
capitalized income, are still considerable. The Austin, Recoleto,
and Dominican friars held very valuable real estate in the provinces,
which was rented to the native agriculturists on conditions which the
tenants considered onerous. The native planters were discontented with
the treatment they received from these landowners, and their numerous
complaints formed part of the general outcry against the regular
clergy. The bailiffs of these corporation lands were unordained
brothers of the Order. They resided in the Estate Houses, and by
courtesy were styled "fathers" by the natives. They were under certain
religious vows, but not being entitled to say Mass, they were termed
"legos," or ignorant men, by their own Order.

The clergy also derived a very large portion of their incomes from
commissions on the sale of _cedulas_, sales of Papal Bulls, masses,
pictures, books, chaplets and indulgences, marriage, burial and
baptismal fees, benedictions, donations touted for after the crops
were raised, legacies to be paid for in masses, remains of wax candles
left in the church by the faithful, fees for getting souls out of
purgatory, alms,