and city properties, which belong to the divers religious corporations, amount to an enormous sum, notwithstanding the falling off that is said to have taken place from the amounts of former years.
"All property in the district of Mexico [federal district] is estimated at $50,000,000, the half of which pertains to the clergy. Uniting the product of this property to the tithes, parochial rights, etc., I am well assured that the total of the income of the clergy amounts to from eighteen to twenty millions of dollars."
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| The Archbishop of Mexico | $130,000 |
|---|---|
| The Bishop of Pueblo | 110,000 |
| The Bishop of Valladolid | 110,000 |
| The Bishop of Guadalajara | 90,000 |
| The Bishop of Durango | 35,000 |
| The Bishop of Monterey | 30,000 |
| The Bishop of Yucatan | 20,000 |
| The Bishop of Oajaca | 18,000 |
| Total individual income of twelve bishops | $539,000 |
—Essai Politique, vol. i. p. 173.
The reason why the Bishop of Sonora was limited to $6000 was that his diocese was so poor that he had that salary paid out of the king's revenue.
67 (Return) Most of the Jews of our day are the descendants of the Babylonian Jews, who did not return