Upper Canada, as already hinted, was long miserably destitute of the means of religious instruction. In 1800, according to Mr. Talbot, there were only three clergymen in the country; in 1819 they had increased to ten; and in 1824 were still only sixteen. Since that time effective measures have been taken to supply this great deficiency. There are now forty-three clergymen belonging to the English established church; and two archdeacons, at Toronto and Kingston, subject to the bishop of Quebec, have each 300_l._ a-year. The remainder of the clergy received, in 1835, an income of 6,784_l._ 11_s._ 8_d._, of which 5,484_l._ 18_s._ was defrayed from the proceeds of the ecclesiastical reserves, which, as in Lower Canada, consist of one-seventh of the uncultivated lands; the rest was paid out of the crown revenue. The Catholics have twenty-four priests, of whom the bishop, bearing the title of Regiopolis, has 500_l._; the rest receive 1,000_l._ annually, divided among them, out of the public purse. From the same fund were paid, in 1835, to the ministers of the church of Scotland, 1,586_l._; to those of the Presbyterian synod of Upper Canada 700_l._; 171_l._ was granted to the fund for building Catholic churches; 550_l._ was given for the same purpose to the Scottish church; and 550_l._ to the Wesleyan Methodists. From this fund was also allowed 2,344_l._ 11_s._ 8_d._ for missionaries of the Church of England. There are said to be also twenty-eight Methodist and forty or fifty Baptist churches, which appear to be supported by the congregations.