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Show IIoiYman's Catholic Directory for 13f'0 I will be complete in a few days. It will j show the Catholic population of the j country to be over 10,000.000. An effort j was nmde this year to obtain statistics regarding the Church in our new pos- 1 setioions, the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico, but Archbishop Chapclie and Bishop Blenk advised against it, as it was im-possibie to obtain accurate rtallstics. Each year on the iMuance of the Catholic Directory a dispute breaks j out nst to the accuracy of the statistics of the Catholic population. Inasmuch as the.e figures are all obtained from the Bishops of the diocese, the blame for errors must lie on them. The greatest pains are taken to secure accuracy. |