7 JANUARY 1949, Page 20

UNIVERSITY AWARDS

SIR,—I wish "A Cambridge Tutor " and Mr. Rust could be seized of the truth in this matter. I hoped to send my daughter to Oxford in two years, but owing to the £2,000 " ceiling" suggested, I doubt if I or my wife will manage it. Our joint income is all in investments (a large part our own savings) and amounts to about £2,800 per annum less:—

(1948-49) Income Tax at 9s. in £ £1,260 Surtax 112 Special Income/Capital Levy (Payable January 1st, 1949, for income for 1947) 750 odd Total £2,122 The £778 left will not suffice for sending my child to Oxford after rates, food, clothing for the three of us and doctoring, holidays, etc., have been deducted.

I submit that, as surtax- and other tax-payers, we should be granted a rebate of £1,000 a year for the next few years rather than form a ." ceiling " below which richer people are freely admitted to awards for

all forms of education.—Yours sincerely, ALBAN J. L. BACON. The Malt House, Burghclere, Newbury.