Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to T Doubleday 'Dear Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you, by direction of the Council of the Royal Society, that the proposed exchange of publication between your institute and this is agreed to. A parcel containing Proceedings Royal Society Vols 1-12 inclusive, with a list of Fellows, will be booked this afternoon addressed to you, as you request, at the Coal Trade Office Neville Hall Newcastle upon Tyne - I trust it will go safely to destination and that we shall soon receive a return parcel containing your Transactions. In future our Proceedings will be sent to you by post as published.' 17 October 1863