Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Mahoney Christie, Fellow of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, Many thanks for giving me notice. Unfortunately the house is being stripped & the carpets taken up. If I had known earlier I would have deferred the process. As it is, we will do the best we can for the Commee [Committee]. Yours truly H Rix Asst Sec RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 19 July 1893