Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Karl Pearson, FRS In response to his letter of 15 December, advises he has marked Mr Usher's paper as withdrawn and returns the manuscript. Highlights Standing Order 40, that a paper that has not been read may be withdrawn as long as the original or a certified copy remains with the Royal Society. The illustrations are normally returned but the text must be deposited in the Royal Society Archive. 17 December 1919