Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Chairman to the Chemistry & Physics Committee, to the Council of The Royal Society Reporting the decision of the Physics & Chemistry Committee on the award of the Joule Studentship, bestowed upon Mr H.T.Barnes, Master of McGill College, Montreal, to aid him in pursuing an investigation into the 'Specific Heat of Water in terms of the Electircal Units, and the Variation of Specific Heat over the whole range 0-100 degrees celsius'. Appends a letter from Professor Hugh [Longbourne] Callendar in support of the recommendation [enclosure present]. 16 February 1899