Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'Probability, statistics, and the theory of errors' by Harold Jeffreys Sectional Committee: Mathematics Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The controversy will not advance any further or be settled without the influence of an outside arbiter. Whilst the current paper is recommended for publication, those involved in the controversy should be informed that no further papers on the matter will be accepted. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1933] Endorsed on verso as received 17 March 1933. [March 1933]