20 FEBRUARY 1909, Page 16

TAXATION OF TRAVELLING.

[To TRIM EDITOR Or TICE "SPEOTATOD•"l.

am surprised that your correspondent " Traveller " in the Spectator of the 13th inst. is unaware of the fact that travel. ling is already taxed. Has he never heard of the existing Rail- way Passenger Duty of 2 per cent. on urban district traffic, and 5 per cent. on other traffic, but subject to an exemption iu respect of fares not exceeding the rate of a penny a mile P I think a tax on travelling a very bad form of tax. In 19001 it only realised £331,214, and in 1907-8 £345,061.—I am,