Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The lateral instability of yielded mild steel beams of rectangular cross-section. III. The conditions causing lateral instability' by B G Neal Sectional committee: Engineering Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. All three papers form a valuable contribution to engineering. The Institution of Civil Engineers would be a suitable place for publication but the work is worthy of the Philosophical Transactions. [All parts combined and published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1950]. Date received not given. 26 January 1949