lodgers. 480 are over the age of fifteen years; 226 are between the ages of two and a half and fifteen; and fortyeight are infants, under two years and a half old.

2. There are 151 houses in the parish.

II. FACTS TAKEN FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS.

The following Facts relate to the eleven years during which the present Rector has had the charge of the Parish; that is, from the beginning of 1829, to the end of 1839.

3. The number of persons who have died in the parish has been 136; which is more than one out of every six of the inhabitants. Of these, thirty-five have been under five years old; forty-four from five to fifty years old; twenty-eight from fifty to seventy; and twenty-nine above seventy.

4. Taking one year with another, twelve have died every year; and the greatest proportion has been of those from five to fifty years old. The average has been three under five; four from five to fifty; two and a half from fifty to seventy; and two and a half above seventy, every year.

5. The number of persons who have died suddenly (that is, without any warning of illness at all, or with only a few days illness) has been fourteen.

6. There have been funerals out of eighty-one different houses, which leaves only seventy families in the parish where there have been no funerals. But twenty-five of these families are near relations to those in which the funerals have taken place; so that there are only forty-five houses in the whole parish which have not been visited by death during the last eleven years. Besides these there have been sixteen funerals of persons connected with families in the parish, but who lived and died at a distance: making 152 funerals in all.

7. There have been 238 children baptized in the parish. 8. Of these sixteen were the fruits of sin, and brought shame upon their unmarried parents.

III. FACTS ABOUT THE CHURCH.

CONCERNING COMMUNION.

9. During the eleven years, 378 different persons have joined the Communion of the Church. Of these thirty-eight have died, and 118 have left the parish.

10. On the 1st of January 1840, there are only 154 members in Communion with the Church in the parish.

11. There are sixty-four persons living in the parish who have formerly been Communicants, but have given up attendance at the Lord's Table.

12. Of these, no less than twenty have declined during the last year (1839), having each been communicants during the previous year.

13. There are thirty-three houses in the parish in which every inhabitant, who is of proper age, is in Communion with the Church. Twenty-two houses in which the heads of the families are Communicants. Seventeen houses in which the wives are Communicants; and six houses in which some persons communicate, although the heads of the family do not making altogether seventy-eight families in which there are Communicants.

14. There are seventy-three houses in the parish in which no inhabitant is in Communion with the Church.

15. Of the Communicants last year, twenty-three attended the Lord's Table only once; and thirteen only twice; making thirty-six persons who did not fully comply with the least that the Church requires of her members on this head.

16. Of the remaining 118 persons who communicated regularly, twenty attended three times; twenty-four four times; ten five times; seventeen six times; six seven times; eleven eight times; six nine times; two ten times: four eleven times;

eight twelve times; one thirteen times; five fourteen times; and four fifteen times; the whole number of Communions being fifteen.

CONCERNING CONFIRMATION.

17. There are 102 persons in the parish who, having been baptized in their infancy, have neglected to confirm their baptismal profession. Of these thirty have neglected three opportunities during the last eleven years; eighteen have neglected two opportunities; and fifty-four have neglected one opportunity, though they have all been invited each time.

CONCERNING DIVINE WORSHIP.

18. There are about 102 in the parish above fifteen years of age who either never attend divine worship at all, or who come to Church very seldom indeed, without making any excuse that they are Dissenters: besides ten persons who never attend Church because they are Dissenters.

19. There are about eighty-seven persons above fifteen years old who come to Church occasionally, but irregularly.

20. The average numbers of the adult congregations on the Lord's day (besides children) taking one Sunday with another throughout the year 1839, have been as follows-166 at the Morning Service; 103 at the Afternoon Service; and 76 at the Evening Instruction.

21. The number of persons who have attended the Weekday Lecture during the year 1839, taking one week with another, has been thirty-three.

IV. FACTS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.

22. There have been just 451 children who have received instruction in the Schools (National, Infants', and Sunday) during the last eleven years, and have gone forth to their occupations in life.

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23. There are besides fifty children at present in the Infants' School; and fifty-five children in the National School; making together 105. Of these thirty-one are too young to attend the Sunday School, which contains 110 children so that twenty-six belong to the Sunday School who are not in the Daily Schools: and the whole number of children under education in the three schools is 131.

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V. FACTS ABOUT THE INSTRUCTION.

CONCERNING THE MORE PRIVATE TEACHING.

24. There are, at least, thirty-two persons who cannot read in the parish.

25. There are, at least, one Bible and one Prayer Book in every house in the parish, (except in the case in which no person in the family can read.)

26. There was an Adult School for some years, for the purpose of teaching grown up people to read; which was discontinued because there was not a sufficient attendance: though several of those who came had learned so much, as to be able to read the Scriptures.

27. There have been a class for lads, and a class for young women three times begun, and three times discontinued for want of regular attendance.

28. A number of religious tracts, too great to be regularly counted, have been circulated and read in the parish, as well as many books in the Village Library.

29. Printed instructions of various kinds, amounting to 1101 pages, have been given without expense to every family in the parish during the last seven years; besides the Cottager's Guide to the New Testament, fifty-seven numbers of which, being 952 pages, have been given to every family; making 2053 printed pages of particular instruction, which

have been placed in each house in the parish, whether they were read or not.

30. There have been 1633 different sermons preached publicly during the last eleven years. Of these 608 have been at the Morning Service; 594 at the Second Service in the Church; and 431 at the Weekly Lecture. Of these sermons 116 have been arranged as Text Papers, and sent round to every house in the parish. Besides this, 440 Lectures have been delivered at the Instruction given on Sunday evenings (or afternoons) at the school-room, making in all 2073 different sermons.

31. In the course of these sermons, the following important portions of Scripture have been fully explained. The whole of the four Gospels in harmony; the Epistle to the Romans; the prophecy of Zechariah; the first twenty chapters of Genesis; the course of Scriptures appointed by the Church, including the Gospels and Epistles, the first and second lessons for the Sunday morning, and the first lesson for the Sunday afternoon; besides many other considerable portions of the Word of God. Explanations have also been given of the Church services, and also a particular history of the Church of Christ.

These thirty-one facts are placed before the people of Wonston, at the beginning of the new course of Pastoral Calendars and other papers. Every person would do well to consider each different fact attentively, and try to discover how it concerns himself. Each of these facts will probably be referred to in some future addresses from the Pastor to his Flock. May the consideration of them lead all to more prayer to God, that He may give the increase more abun dantly. 2 Cor. xiii. 5.