Copy letter from Michael Foster, to C S Loch, Secretary, Charity Organisation Society 'Sir, Your letter of June 1st was laid before the President and Council of the Royal Society at their meeting last held, and I am directed to state in reply that the Royal Society does not possess any funds from which the President & Council could make a grant in aid of an inquiry of the nature described in your letter. Your obedient servant, (signed) M. Foster Sec. R.S. [Secretary, Royal Society]'. 25 June 1891