They will be described under the headings (1)
Charitable, (2) Educational, (3) Missionary, (4) Building, (5)
General.

1. _Charitable_. Each diocese has charities of its own in addition
to those which are not of limited area,--

_The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy_. Founded 1655. Registrar,
W. P. Bowman, Esq. Office, 2, Bloomsbury Place, London. Objects,
assistance to necessitous clergymen, their widows and maiden
daughters; education of children of poor clergymen, and the starting
of them in life.

_The Friend of the Clergy Corporation_, 1849. Secretary, Rev. H.
Jona, 4, St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square, London. Objects much
the same as above.

_The Poor Clergy Relief Corporation_, 1856. Secretary, Dr. Robert
Turtle Pigott, 36, Southampton Street, Strand. Objects, immediate
relief, both in money and clothing, to poor clergymen, their widows
and orphans, in sickness and other temporary distress.

_The Cholmondeley Charities_. Treasurer, John Hanby, Esq., 1, Middle
Scotland Yard, Whitehall, S.W. Class I., Augmentation of certain
stipends. Class II., Much the same as above Societies. Class III.,
Exhibitions to sons of clergymen to the Universities. Class IV.,
Allowance for starting the children of clergymen in life.

2. _Educational Societies_. Each diocese has societies of its own
in addition to the following:--

_Church of England Sunday School Institute_. Founded 1843. Sec., J.
Palmer, Esq., Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, E.C. Objects, to provide
educational appliances (Books, Lessons, &c.) both for teachers and
scholars, and to assist teachers in the work of teaching by means
of lectures, &c.

_Incorporated National Society_. Secretary, Rev. J. Duncan, National
Society Office, Sanctuary, Westminster. Object, to help forward the
education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church
by making grants to Church Schools and the like, and by training
teachers.

_Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge_ (see Part V. of this
article).

3. _Missionary Societies_, (_a_) Home, (_b_) Foreign.

(_a_) _The Missions to Seamen Society_. Office, 11, Buckingham
Street, Strand, W.C. Object, to make provision for the spiritual
needs of British Merchant Sailors when afloat.

_The Navvy Mission Society_. Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street,
Westminster, S.W. Object, to promote the spiritual welfare of
navvies working on railways, docks, &c.

_Church Pastoral Aid Society_, 1836. Office, Falcon C