Committee report, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks The paper is of reasonable length. A copy of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin's report [RR/8/319] was sent to Arthur Cayley, whose response is enclosed [RR/8/281]. Asked the author if he would take on board the recommendations for publication in the Philosophical Transactions. The author's response is also enclosed [RR/8/321]. Has communicated to the author that his announcement was premature. The undersigned think the paper should be published in the Philosophical Transactions. William Spottiswoode George Gabriel Stokes Subject: Mathematics [Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881] nd [1881]