e from some properties and
foundations created for attending to certain dues called
"_fabrica_" which consist of all those objects necessary for the
services of this worship (_culta_).

"From the want of publicity which is generally observed in the
management of the properties and _rents_ [incomes] of the clergy,
it is impossible to fix exactly the value of one or the other;
but they can be calculated approximately by taking for the basis
those data which are within the reach of the public, which are
the total value of the production of the annual return
(_movimiento_) of the population for births, marriages, deaths,
and, finally, the devout practices which are still customary
among the greater part of the population. Observing carefully
these data, I assume, without the fear of committing a great
error, that the total amount which the clergy to-day realize in
the whole extent of the republic, for _rents_, proceeds of
tithes, parochial rights, alms, religious ceremonies
(_funcions_), and for the sale of divers objects of devotion, is
between eight and ten millions of dollars.

"Some writers have estimated the properties belonging to the
clergy at one half of the productive wealth of the nation; others
at one third part; but I can not give much credit to such
writers, as they are only calculations that rest on no certain
data. I am sure that the total amount of the property of the
clergy, for chaplaincies, foundations, and other pious uses,
together with rustic 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."

[66] The Archbishop of Mexico $130,000
The Bishop of Pueblo 110,000
The Bishop of Valladolid 110,000
The Bishop of Guadalajara