22 APRIL 1949, Page 17

Sm,—In the Spectator of April 8th, Janus states that the

loss of life at Hiroshima -was 30,000. This figure does net agree- with the official figures published by the occupying authorities and quoted in the Report of the British Mission to Japan, p. 18, para. 84, issued by His Majesty's Stationery Office ; the official figure is 78,150. The figures for Nagasaki taken from the same publication would appear to be about 34,000, and perhaps Janus meant Nagasaki when he wrote Hiroshima.—Yours faith- fully, B. it KEMP. 40 Quarry Park Road, Cheam, Surrey.