Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Turner Thiselton Dyer, Fellow of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, Since writing to you this morning, I find that the Soiree Committee was first appointed in January 1872, and the terms of the reference are as follows: - "Resolved --- That a Committee be appointed to consider the arrangements to be made for the Society's Soirees." Yours truly, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 29 January 1896