Referee's report by Geogre Paget Thomson, on a paper 'Physical properties of surfaces IV—Polishing, surface flow and the formation of the beilby layer' by Frank Philip Bowden and T P Hughes Sectional committee: Physics Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. A better description of the apparatus should be added and reference should be given to Hopkins with regards to polished surfaces. One of the figures is unconvincing. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1937]. Endorsed on verso as received 3 March 1937. March 1937