Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office, S.W. 'Sir, I am in receipt of your letters of the 26th and 27th inst. [instant] addressed to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, which shall be laid before them at the earliest opportunity. I am, Sir, Yours obedient Servant, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 31 December 1895