Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, regarding paper 'The adsorption of the hydrous metallic oxides Kieselghur' by [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, W P Pepper and C E Vernon Paper reference code: A.195 Reports that the paper has received two unfavourable reports, summarising their comments. Explains that the third referee thinks it may be publishable elsewhere, but was critical of the 'speculations'. Suggests withdrawing the paper. [Not published in Royal Society journals, but published in the RSC Transactions of the Faraday Society, vol. 35, pp.1165-1176, 1939]. 2 February 1939