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SIR,—Recently I had an opportunity to put this question to

an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer: 'Is there any point now in the travel allowance regulations?' He replie 'Absolutely none but the Treasury boys ha always considered furs and foreign travel t be extravagant.'

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