Letter from Robert H [Henry] Scott, Secretary of the Meteorological Office, 116 Victoria Street, London, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society Informing the Society of the death of the Meteorological Council's chairman, Professor [Henry] Smith. Scott forwards a copy of the Council's resolution relating to the appointment of his successor. [Enclosure is present, has an extent of 1p, and is labelled MC/12/306a within the volume.] [For reply, see related record.] 14 February 1883