Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to W S Bird, General Manager, Autotype Company, 74 New Oxford Street, W.C. 'Dear Sir, I am obliged to you for your communication of the 23rd ult. [ultimate], which shall be brought to the notice of the Officers. I am afraid, however,that they have already come to the decision to have Dr Sherrington's plates reproduced by some cheaper process. Yours truly, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 1 January 1894