Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on two papers 'The electrical condition of hot surfaces during the adsorption of gases. Part V.—The charging up of hot surfaces' by J C Stimson, and 'The electrical condition of hot surfaces. Part VI.—A gold surface catalysing the combustion of carbonic oxide' by George Ingle Finch and B W Bradford Sectional Committee: Chemistry No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the investigations doubtful and the method 'ill adapted'. Criticises the experimental methods. [Both papers published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1934] No received date. [1933]