| Description | Apologizes that he has been unable to write sooner to Keltie's letter of 27 November. Has searched but been unable to find any letter from Keltie of the date mentioned. The only think he has been able to find has been the copy of a letter to Sir Clements Markham form Sir A Rucker, dated 12 December 1899, a copy of which he encloses [not enclosed], but he has been unable to find in the Council Minutes of the succeeding meetings any record of action being taken by the Council on the subject. |