6 APRIL 1901, page 13

Beer Or Sugar Tax P

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Mr. Tripp forgets (Spectator, March 30th) the reason why sugar is untaxed. It is because it is a valuable article of food, and the......

• Finance And The War.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...) Suz,—Having been a Revenue official from March, 1853—a month before Mr. Gladstone introduced his first Budget— until my retirement a few......

Lord Leighton's House.

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR.") a recent issue you inserted an earnest appeal for an endowment fund for Lord Leighton's house. Will you allow me to add a few words on the......