Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Clive Phillips-Woolly, 12 King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C. 'Dear Sir, I have received your note of 11th inst. [instant] and will lay it before the President at the first opportunity. I have no doubt that he will consider it a sufficient explanation. I am yours faithfully, Herbert Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 13 November 1888