Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The strengths of certain covalent metal bonds' by L H Long and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish Sectional Committee: Chemistry Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Finds the paper too detailed. Appended letter from Meredith Gwynne Evans, dated 21 June 1948. Finds the paper too long and detailed, and should be considerably shortened. Endorsed on recto as received 23 June 1948. [Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] No received date. 21 June 1948