Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on two papers 'The transverse flexure of perforated isotropic plates' and 'The transverse flexure of perforated aeolotropic plates' by S Holgate Sectional Committee: Physics Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The author has handled the problems 'with considerable skill and power'. George Ridsdale Goldsbrough will have satisfied himself in the value of the paper. Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] No received date. [1944]