15 FEBRUARY 1913, page 16

[to The Editor Of Me "spectator."]

STE,—Mr. Frank Perks's letter in your issue of the 8th inst. has evidently been written without due consideration of the pro- visions of the Finance Act, otherwise he would have......

Taxing Builders' Profits.

[To Tug EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —In your issue of February 1st I notice a letter referring to the way in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has behaved with regard......

Increment Duty Payable When A Property Has Been Sold At

A LOSS. [To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I am not at all astonished that you should in your note question the accuracy of my reading of the rules, or what are known as......

Old-age Pensions And Outdoor Pauperism.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Mr. Lloyd George has now explained in the House of Commons that the passage quoted in my letter last week from the Prime Minister's......

"a Housemaster's Letters."

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, I have read with much pleasure and, on the whole, with cordial agreement your review of "A Housemaster's Letters" in the Spectator of......

"government Land Valuation. (to The Editor Of The...

SIR,—Apart from the enormous cost of the valuation, it now appears that it will cause a loss to the revenue in ways not anticipated, one of which is in stamp duties. Small......