Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitehead Watts, Secretary to the Coral Reef Committee, Geological Museum, Jermyn Street 'Dear Sir, I beg leave to inform you that at a meeting of the President and Council of the Royal Society held on Saturday last it was resolved that a grant of £20 be made to the Coral Reef Committee from the sum of £500 assigned by the Government Grant Committee for administration by the Council, also, that Commander Field be added to the Committee. I am, yours faithfully, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society] When do you want the cheque?'. 6 December 1895