Referee's report by Charles Edward Inglis, on a paper 'Stress functions for a plate containing groups of circular holes' by the late R C J Howland and R C Knight Sectional committee: Engineering Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is an 'excellent piece of work' and a notable contributiom to the literature of generalized plane stress. [Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1939]. Endorsed on verso as received 20 February 1939. 17 February 1939