15 MAY 1909, Page 16

SCHOOLMASTERS AND INHABITED HOUSE DUTY.

[To l'tio Borron. Or TIM "SrecraTort."] SIR,—In your article of last week, " Principles of Taxation," occur the words, " the simplest example is the Inhabited House Duty" (i.e., as an indication of a man's wealth). We poor schoolmasters pay this tax on the higher scale, instead of, as common-sense might suggest, on the business premises scale.

—I am, Sir, &c., A STRUGGLING SCHOOLMASTER,