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Referee's report by Sydney John Hickson, on a paper 'Colony-formation in astroeid corals' by [George] Matthai

Reference number: RR/30/66

Date: October 1924

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', but only with many reductions and modifications. Suggests instead further reductions to make it suitable for the Proceedings.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1926]

Endorsed on verso as received 28 October 1924.

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RR/30/66
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October 1924
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Sydney John Hickson

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Sydney John Hickson, Referee's report by Sydney John Hickson, on a paper 'Colony-formation in astroeid corals' by [George] Matthai, October 1924, RR/30/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_30_66/referees-report-by-sydney-john-hickson-on-a-paper-colony-formation-in-astroeid-corals-by-george-matthai, accessed on 19 March 2025

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