Referee's report by Arthur John Allmand, on a paper 'Kinetics of the base-catalysed bromination of diethyl malonate' by Ronald Percy Bell, Douglas Hugh Everett and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins Sectional committee: Chemistry Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It could also be published by the Chemical Society or Faraday Society. No modifications are needed and the experimental deductions are clearly and concisely set out. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1946]. Date received not given. 1945