Forty pounds a-year is reckoned at present very good pay for a curate; and, notwithstanding this act of parliament, there are many curacies under twenty pounds a-year.

每年 40 英镑对于牧师来常不错的薪；而且，尽管议了这项法案，但仍有许多每年 20 英镑以下的牧师。