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Show Perer's Pence. According to a foreign paper, the Peter's pence- presented pre-sented to the pope by tbe whole Catholic world on the occasion of tbe semi centennial jubilteum of hia episcopate epis-copate are calculated to be 16, 476, 281 frances. Of this Bum 9,150,000 francea were paid in gold, and the rest in bank notes. These moneys are to be applied by the order of tbe pope to the following objects: 1. Foar millions of francs for a permanent lund for the apoBtolic see. 2. Four millions of francs for a fund for tbe officers, ex-officera and the military who remained faithful to the pope. 3. Four millions to rnovate the monumental churches in Rome and for works ot public UBe, which at the same tiuie tend to promote the fine arts and the industrial arts. 4. Four million four hundred and seventy-six thousand and two hundred hun-dred and eighty-one franca to be distributed to hospitals, lodging places for pilgrims, poor asylums and individual indi-vidual poor. |