Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The primary decomposition of ethane, and the reaction between ethane and nitric oxide' by T J Gray, Morris William Travers and F T White Sectional committee: Chemistry Not recommended for publication. The paper is polemical in nature and the criticism of Stavely's work should be removed. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938]. Endorsed on verso as received 14 March 1938. March 1938