Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to His Excellency, the Minister of Public Instruction, Rome 'I am directed by the President and Council of the Royal Society to transmit to yourself and to the Ministry of Public Instruction their thanks for your special telegram of condolence on the death of Lord Lister, forming a tribute to the beneficent career of our deceased colleague, which the Royal Society and also the British public are very glad to have and to acknowledge.' 12 March 1912