12 FEBRUARY 1954, Page 14

SIR,—I wish to point out an error in the information

which you give concerning Madeira in the travel supplement to your issue dated January 29th.

In the footnote to the section dealing with Ibis island, you state that Madeira is not actually in the sterling area, but hotels may be paid in this country in sterling. This is in fact not so.

Two hotels in Funchal, namely, Reid's and the New Avenue, have special currency con- cessions whereby visitors only pay 25s. per day (plus, in the case of Reid's, the 10 per cent, service charge) in foreign currency, the balance of their hotel account being payable in sterling. At the remaining hotels, however, all charges must be paid from the foreign • currency allowance;--Yours faithfully, Aquila Airways Limited