Letter from Thomas Allchin, Charity Commission, Whitehall, to Michael Foster, the Royal Society, Burlington House Replying to a letter of 25 July, the Commissioners have given instructions that a draft of the proposed scheme [for Chelsea Physic Garden] will be sent to the Royal Society in due course. He cannot supply a copy of the Report of the Departmental Committee, which is a Treasury paper. Proceedings to establish the scheme will be deferred until 1 November and the Society may make representations before that date. 2 August 1898