Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to E J Poynter, Honorary Secretary, Society for the Preservation of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt, 28 Albert Gate, S.W. 'Dear Sir, I am instructed by Professor Michael Foster, in answer to your letter addressed to him at the end of April, to inform you that the President and Council have appointed their Treasurer (Sir John Evans, K.C.B., Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead) and Mr Francis Cranmer Penrose ("Colebyfield", Copse Hill, Wimbledon") to represent them upon the proposed Joint Committee of Societies interested in the Antiquities of Egypt. I am, your obedient servant, Herbert Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 25 June 1894