16 DECEMBER 1905, Page 14

rTO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—By a slip

of the pen, I wrote in my article of Decem- ber 2nd that the thatcher is paid at the rate of tenpence to a shilling per square foot. I should have said "per square" simply. This, which contains an area of ten feet, works out to a figure very different from that of the original statement, —I am, Sir, THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE.