VII. The chief object of Ortalda's work is to show how many missionaries Italy gives to the Catholic Church. He gives the name, the grade in the hierarchy, and the residence of each, adding such items of information as will aid him in the object he has in view. We draw from his laborious work the following table, which, by way of conclusion, gives the final result of all his researches:
Italian Apostolic Missionaries in Foreign Missions over the Whole World.
| MISSIONARIES | Europe | Asia | Africa | America | Oceania | Total |
| Bishops | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | — | 41 |
| Secular priests | 33 | 45 | 11 | 65 | 8 | 162 |
| Benedictines | 7 | 9 | — | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| Minor Conventuals | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 13 |
| Minor Observants | 31 | 115 | 30 | 184 | 8 | 368 |
| Minor Capuchins | 369 | 108 | 35 | 130 | 5 | 447 |
| Minor Reformed | 60 | 58 | 29 | 67 | 1 | 215 |
| Dominicans | 22 | 11 | — | 1 | — | 34 |
| Carmelites | — | 39 | — | — | — | 39 |
| Augustinians | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Jesuits | 106 | 118 | 46 | 207 | 13 | 490 |
| Lazarists | 8 | 22 | 9 | 12 | — | 51 |
| Alcantarines | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Barnabites | 24 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 57 |
| Friars of St. Bonaventure | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 11 |
| Redemptorists | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Servite | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Oblates | — | 16 | — | — | — | 16 |
| Pallottines (of A. Pallotta) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Rosminians | 16 | — | — | 4 | — | 20 |
| From the Seminary of Milan | 4 | 22 | — | — | 3 | 29 |
| From the seminary of Brignole Sale | 17 | 6 | — | 5 | — | 23 |
| 529 | 610 | 167 | 696 | 53 | 2055 |
BOOKS.
Welcome, my books, my golden store!
Your leaves my eyes, my hands explore;
With you my sweetest hours have flown—
My best of life with you alone.
When none in the wide world could cheer,
Your wisdom dried the bitter tear;
When summer skies were fresh and blue,
None could rejoice with me like you.
What living voice may speak among
Your silent and time-hallowed throng?
For you, the best of every age,
I quit the world's degenerate stage.
Translation from Ranzan.