[To TUN EDITOR Or TRH " SPECTATOR...I
SIR,—Your correspondent Mr. John Owens denies that Non- conformists "have accumulated funds which make permanent provision for the ministers of religion," and he further states that "the stipends of all ministers in the different denomina- tions are met by the annual voluntary collections made by the churches" (Spectator, May 8th). Clearly he knows but little of the vast amount of property held by Dissenting bodies. Dissenting endowments include lands, farms, houses (not excepting public-houses), shares in commercial and other undertakings, Government stooks, rents-charge, and even tithes ! Much valuable information on the subject is to be found in Mr. G. H. F. Nye's sixpenny booklet, "How Dissent is Established and Endowed," published by Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., a perusal of which would, I think, be an eye-opener to many of your readers.—I am, Sir, Acc.,
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