Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to the President of the Society of Chemical Industry Relates to a Deputation of those interested in Science and Industry who waited upon the Marquis of Salisbury in 1897 in order to urge upon the Government the desirability of establishing a National physical Laboratory. A Committee, of which Lord Rayleigh was Chairman, was afterwards appointed by Her Majesty's Treasury to take eveidence and report upon the subject. A copy of their report is enclosed [not enclosed]. Also related to the giving of a sum of money towards the extension of the Kew Observatory. Technical bodies mentioned include: - The Institution of Civil Engineers - The Institution of Electrical Engineers - The Iron and Steel Institute - The Institution of Naval Architects - The Society of Chemical Industry 24 March 1899