Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Thomson, President of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, With respect to the Committee appointed at the last meeting of Council to advise upon a successor to Mr Hind, I think I understand from Dr Foster that you wd [would] take the matter in hand, and that you would let me know if any meeting of the Committee shd [should] be desirable. I send the present line only to make sure that there is no misunderstanding & that the matter will not be overlooked. I am, yours truly, Herbert Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 10 July 1891