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—272 AUSTRALASL^.and its iraportutiou restricted to certaiu Chinese traders. The yearly outlay,whicli includes the maintenance of the diplomatic service in China and Japan, isusually in excess of the income.Although the Inquisition has been abolished in the present century, theFig. 120.Peoyixcial Divisions of the Philippines.Scale 1 : 11,300,000.Ife^UE.Gre,n..,chexercise of no public worship is tolerated except that of Catholicism, the Statereligion. A part of tho tribute is strictly reserved for the support of the clergy,who have also a right to exact direct contributions called ^j«e de altar, because paidby the faithful at " the foot of the altar." The Spanish secular clergy, comprisinga small number ofecclesiastics, reside chiefly iu the archiepiscopal city ofManilla, and iu the three bishoprics of Nueva-Caceres, Jaro and Cebu. The