Letter from Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The utilization of carbon sources by certain yeast strains' by B C Kilkenney and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society Paper reference code: B15 Thornton comments: 'Dear Martin, I am returning the enclosed paper. I think it is very suitable for publication especially as it forms part of a series already published in our Proceedings. But I don't see that it would be very suitable to read at one of our Meetings. Yours sincerely, H G Thornton'. Written at Rothamsted Experimental Station (Lawes Agricultural Trust), Harpenden, Hertfordshire [England]. [Published in Proceedings B, 1951]. Endorsed on recto as received 22 March 1951. 21 March 1951