Referee's report by Nevil Vincent Sidgwick, on a paper 'The electronic structure of some polyenes and aromatic molecules. V. A comparison of molecular orbital and valence bond methods' by G W Wheland Sectional committee: Chemistry Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. He is not competent to comment on the mathematical parts of the paper. The work is of great importance to chemists. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938]. Endorsed on verso as received 9 December 1937. 5 December 1937