Referee's report by Gilbert Cook, on a paper 'The behaviour of continuous stanchions' by J F Baker, M R Horne and J W Roderick Sectional Committee: Engineering Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests expanding the analytical description, which at present is too condensed and the reasoning difficult to follow. Suggests giving the original equations, and defining the notation used. Suggests giving the justification for using the complicated analysis and laborious calculations, based on questionable assumptions. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] No received date. [1948]