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[To THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR. " ] The Political History

of England," vol. v., p. 497, contains an appendix on the disposition of monastic lands by Henry VIII. which seems to represent the best results of research available on the subject. According to this authority there were only forty-one gifts of Church lands out of a total of 1,593 grants. Excluding grants to corpora- tions, lay and spiritual, the individual grantees paid 2771,600 to the King for lands estimated to yield 269,000 a year.— I am, Sir, &c., W. B. Bnoww. East India United Service Club, St. Tantes's Square, S. W.