 In the Province of Halifax, Canada, it was decreed in 1857 that a collection be taken up annually in October for the support of the bishops.In England, the Third Provincial Council of Westminster in 1859 placed the amount of the cathedraticum at one half pound sterling.It declared that the liability to pay this tax was obligatory on each cathedral chapter; on priests ordained for the mission, who receive salaries from churches or oratories; on those who have the cure of souls; and on all who preside over churches and public oratories unless they can prove a special exemption.