PROFESSORS (BELFAST), &c.
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 20 July 1854 ',—for, RETURNS, " from the 31st Day of March 1853 to the 31st Day of March 1854, of too Names of the Thirteen Theological and Other Professors and Pensioners at Belfast receiving Money from Parliamentary Grants; and of the Number and Names of Students attending all the Professors, and how many attend each Professor, distinguishing such as attend the Non-subscribing Professors ; and also distinguishing those that attended all the Session from those that attended part of it only; and of the Time that such Session continued for actual and exclusive Service and Instruction; also of the Number of Hours per Week given by each Professor to his Class, and of the Days in each Week so given; also the Amount of Salary received from the Government by each Professor or Pensioner, from his Professorship or Pension; together with the Amount which he receives from the Regium Donum, his Congregational Income, and Pension, whether from the sum of 2,600 I.
granted in 1853, or otherwise, and what Amount he receives for distributing the Regium Donum or other Services, and on what scale of Remuneration; also whether any and which of the said Professors and Pensioners receive any and what other Pension from any Source, and whether the Congregational Income or Salary of any of the said Professors he appropriated to any other purpose than his or their own Private Use because of any Professional or other Income received from Government:" "Of the Congregational Income of the Ministers of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and any Class or Denomination of Non-Conformists in Ireland, who received portions of the Parliamentary Grant of 1853, with the Number of Families belonging to each Congregation ; particularising, in each case, the Congregation, Minister's Name, Date of Ordination or Installation, Number of Families, Stipend paid by each Congregation, Aid from Home Mission, Value of Glebe, Chaplaincies, Poor Law, Gaol, or Military, Bequests, Donations, &c.;
and Total:" " Of the several Sums received by or paid to the Ministers before-mentioned or referred
to, or by or to the several Funds for the Benefit of Widows of Ministers from the Parliamentary or Government Grant of 1853, amounting to (about) 37,000 I.
; and of the Particulars of the Sum of (about) 790 /.,
for the Expenses of distributing the said Sum, or any part thereof, and to whom paid, and the Amount of each Payment, and for what Services, and on what Scale ; and also the Amount paid to Clerks of Synod, and whether for any and what Services, or for Pensions or Grants :" "And, of what Sects or Denominations of Protestant Non-Conformists in Ireland,
whether they are of any Class of Presbyterians, or of the Sect or Denomination usually called Congregational, Wesleyan, Baptist, or Otherwise, which do not receive any Grant of Money for their Professors, Ministers, the Widows of Ministers, or otherwise howsoever."
{Mr.
Hadfield.
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
12 August 1854.
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