| Reference number | MS/427/424 |
| Alternative reference number | MS/427 p81 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from John Evans, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Mr. Hugh L. Childers, [Chancellor of the Exchequer] |
| Date | 7 May 1885 |
| Description | In connection to the proposed Succession Duty and their effects on Scientific Societies. Asks for learned societies to be exempted, stating that the Royal Society can barely make ends meet. Also explains that a tax on donations to societies would be 'both harsh and impolite' and would become a 'tax upon knowledge'. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |