Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer and Vice President of the Royal Society; to Messrs Few & Co. Asks Messrs Few & Co. to obtain Council's opinion on the question of whether the Society has power voluntarily to deplete benefits made to it under a will by paying death duties. Also asks Messrs Few & Co. to obtain Council's opinion on the power of the Society to make deductions from the income of a trust fund for the purpose of covering the cost of administration. 24 December 1920