Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Under Secretary of State, War Office, Pall Mall, S.W. 'Sir, I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter (111/Engineers/1422), with many thanks for the same, and to assure you that it shall be laid at the earliest opportunity before the Committee charged with the arrangements for observing the Total Solar Eclipse. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 14 February 1896