Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Edward Albert Schafer, Fellow of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, We ^have^ had complaints of the scantiness of abstracts used at our meetings, and the President directs me to ask that the author of the enclosed will at least state whether this appendix contains new results or facts confirming the old. Kindly make an addition in this sense and return the abstract to me as soon as possible. Yours faithfully, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 6 May 1889