Letter from James Hakes, Hillside, Whetstone, to the President of the Royal Society 'Sir, The actual movements of the moon and planets as stated in the accompanying paper have bee ncertified by the Astronomer Royal to be corrected in principle- The deductions made I venture to submit to your Society as on enquiry the Astronomer Royal informed me that such would be a usual course with any new suggestion in Astronomy. Yours faithfully, James Hakes'. 9 February 1906