Referee's report by Alan Sterling Parkes, on a paper 'The reproduction of the African elephant Loxodonta africans' by J S Perry Sectional committee: Zoology Paper reference code: B34 Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions. Parkes writes: 'The paper could be published equally appropriately by the Zoological Society, but, in view of the unusual interest of the paper, I think it should be published by the Royal Society.' [Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1953]. Date received not given. 7 July 1952