Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Thomas George Bonney, Fellow of the Royal Society The paper by Bonney and Mr S Allport has come to hand, and his note will be sent to the Royal Society secretaries. Meanwhile, Rix can inform him that specimens obtained using the Government Grant are neither the property of the collector nor the Royal Society, but the Government; and as such, are deposited in the British Museum, South Kensington Museum, or whichever government institution is determined by the officers. 7 May 1889