Referee's report by George Barker Jeffery, on a paper 'On Hilbert's world-function' by Edmund Taylor Whittaker Sectional Committee: Mathematics Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of David Hilbert. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1927] Endorsed on verso as received 12 November 1926. [November 1926]