Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Andrew Foote, Fossoway, Kinross-Shire 'Dear Sir, I am instructed to return your communication which you have been good enough to send to us. It is a rule of the Society that no paper can be brought before a Meeting unless it is previously endorsed by one of the Fellows as suitable for reading before the Society. I am, Dear Sir, yours truly, Herbert Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 26 January 1888