Referee's comments [by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor], on a paper 'On the stability of flow between parallel planes' by D Meksyn Paper reference code: A.135 [Response to Leonard Bairstow's comments on Taylor's referee's report - see RR/W/6/72 and RR/W/6/73]. Explains the meaning behind the comment 'no attempt is made to trace how this assumption (that a certain term may be neglected) affects subsequent work'. Highlights points which require further evidence to be convincing. Points to issues with the author's conclusions. Explains why he is unconvinced by the paper's experiments. [Not published]. [November 1938]