Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the openings in the wall of the body-cavity of vertebrates' by Edward J Bles He will not give his sanction for the paper to be published in Proceedings, as it exceeds the twelve page limit. The paper should be returned to the author and shortened or instead referred to Philosophical Transactions. He doesn't believe the paper is suitable for Philosophical Transactions, although the data could be deposited in the archive, with only the results published. Subject: Zoology [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897]. 5 July 1897