[To TALE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.'1
Sra,—I am delighted to see that, by your permission, the Vicar of Windsor has been afforded an opportunity of drawing attention to the want of some systematic finance in the Church of England, and it may be hoped, as Mr. Ellison suggests (Spectator, August 8th), that now some form of finance may be adopted suitable to the requirements of the Church. May I suggest that this form, whatever it may be, should be one adapted to the wants of each province, and to each diocese, in the two provinces. The first step to be taken would appear to be to appoint two committees, one from the Province of Canterbury, the other from that of York, with powers to meet and act together; and to them should be entrusted the duty of drafting a form of accounts. These accounts shduld first be diocesan, showing the revenue of each diocese, then provincial, and then for both provinces. The committees should, as the Vicar of Windsor suggests, be composed largely of laymen, who should be men accustomed to deal with large business concerns in which sound financial attainments are necessary.
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