34654 '. ...........At the request of the District Synod, I have caused to be prepared and have handed in with this, my proof, a series of statistics relating to the Wesleyan Methodism in the Cardiff and Swansea district, and have carefully examined and compared the figures contained in such statistics with the documents from which they were compiled........'

[Statistics for the two circuits covering the Rhondda are copied at right]

Where does the statistical portion begin? I agree it is statistical with reference to the finance, but there is nothing to do with the number of chapels, the number of sittings, the number of members, or anything of that sort, is there? - Not members; they are compiled in a different volume.

34656. It does not even purport to be a list of the chapels, according to their ordinary names. It is true, I have no doubt, that I shall find every chapel there under the heading of 'Property,' giving its civilian name and No. 16 of such a street.......So I daresay you will be able to give a more convenient list of places of worship..........