18 MAY 1951, Page 18

SIR,—I thank you for printing a letter in defence of

the modern insets for parish magazines but may I suggest that local pages sometimes are not worthy of the insets either in style or originality ? These qualities might easily be encouraged if parochial councils provided their rector or vicar, with a weekly copy of the Spectator, which he may no longer be able to afford. But would this " being given in respect of his office" be subject to Income Tax 7—Yours faithfully, Woodways. Abbotswood, Guild/ord. H. T. INGRAM.