Copy letter from [William] Allen Miller, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Treasury 'Sir, I am to request on the part of the President and Council of the Royal Society that you will have the goodness to order the Paymaster General to pay one thousand pounds (being the sum granted by Parliament this year to the Royal Society for scientific purposes)to Mr W S Treas RS., who is authorized to receive the same for the Royal Society'. 23 October 1862