Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A. F. Barnes Esq.; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 16 Old Queen Street, S.W.1. In reply to A. F. Barnes' telephone call, informs him that drastic reductions were made to the number of Soiree invitations issued this year, and that the question of who should receive the three blank invitations sent to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research must be left to him. 5 May 1927