Letter from Maurice F [Frederick] Fitzgerald, 31 Wellington Road, Dublin, to [Joseph] Larmor [George Hornidge?] Porter's remarks to Fitzgerald show that he means to nominate Perry's man Robinson, on the grounds that he wants a science teacher style of person. The place has not attracted any professor who had been an engineer originally. This would not be done in medical school, as a 'medical grinder' would not be preferred over a practising doctor for a professorship. Fitzgerald believes that people have a low opinion of engineering; 'men like Porter know nothing about the difference in the mercantile men's view of a man's value it makes whether he has done work or not'. Fitzgerald concedes he may be wrong and that Robinson may have been actively employed in a variety of work, but Fitzgerald could not ask questions on this. He gives additional comments on Robinson and Porter. Fitzgerald may expect him to sail on th 'Liguria' on 5 December as the matter is practically settled. 25 October 1884