devote more time to the extra diocesan work in P.E. Island than is given at present."130 Father Simpson explained that further problems existed because Prince Edward Island was specifically excluded from the Board of Home Missions which did much to aid country parishes in Nova Scotia . Legally speaking, he said, it would be a misappropriation of funds to divert money to P.E.I , without an alteration of the Board's constitution. He illustrated the financial problems facing the church by saying, "There are in Prince Edward Island ten clergy, nine parishes, and twenty-three churches, but the two Churches in Charlottetown are the only self-supporting ones in the whole Island."131 According to the latest census there had been a decrease of over 500 members of the Church on the Island. Combined with the reduction of grants from the English societies, the burden of aiding missions falls more heavily on the three hundred families of St. Peter 's and St. Paul's which are themselves by no means wealthy. Furthermore, the exclusion of the clergy of Prince Edward Island from the Clergy Endowment Fund (Pension Fund) had the effect of discouraging the clergy of Nova Scotia from taking work on the Island as they could not count their years of service there towards their rank in the Endowment Fund. It had only been recently that the clergy of P.E.I , had been permitted to participate in the benefits of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund and the Superannuation Fund. These were granted in the form of privileges provided by the diocese of Nova Scotia towards the clergy of the Island rather than being the right of the P.E.I , clergy. To add insult to injury, although Prince Edward Island had been erected into an Arch deaconry, the present Archdeacon is non-resident and only able to arrange a visit once every two years. On top of that, the Cathedral, which should be the focal point of the life of the Church on the Island, has been ignored. He gave an example by saying: We have a Cathedral, one of the very few real Cathedrals in Canada , since most of the so-called Cathedrals are only parish Churches with the Bishop's Chair placed in them. St. Peter 's has no parish attached to it, and the trust deed executed to the late Bishop expressly states that "The Bishop's Chair is to be placed and continually kept in such Church, in order and to the intent that the said Church may be deemed a Cathedral." Yet, although we have a Cathedral we have no Dean or Chapter.132 130. Ibid. 131. Ibid. 132. Tbid. 112