Referee's report by Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'A note on the classical theory of a point source' by F C Auluck and D S Kothari Sectional Committee: Physics Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, unless greatly shortened. Much of the paper covers known methods. Refers to work of Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Gregor Wentzel and Frigyes Riesz. Suggests clarifying what the new points of the paper are. [Not published] No received date. [1948]