Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Gairdner, Public Record Office, Roll House, Chancery Lane 'Dear Sir, In answer to your note of yesterday, the MS. [manuscript] in question, if we ever had it, has long since passed out of our hands. The bulk of our MSS [manuscripts], except those relating to Natural Science, were handed over to the British Museum many years ago. Yours truly Herbert Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 17 October 1891