24 AUGUST 1944, Page 13

sta,—I was very interested in the letter from Dr. H.

G. Lys, published in your issue for August 4th on " Cottagers' Light." The distribution of electricity in rural areas is a matter in which I am particularly interested. In this connection I should be grateful if Dr. Lys could tell me whether the company asked him to pay £710, or whether this was the total cost, of Which he was asked to pay a proportion, and if the latter, how much this proportion was. Further, whether the company, as is usually the case, were prepared to provide a supply on the basis either of a substantial guarantee of revenue or only on the basis of a contribution to the capital cost—Yours faithfully, R. S. CLARICE. Hoathly Hill, West Hoathly, Sussex.