This letter was with reference to the telegram where mean areas giving better gauge of prominence activity than mean extent are discussed. It also encloses a table of mean areas from 1890 to 1921.

This letter was an acknowledgement for sending pump and bell jar. Evershed mentioned about getting the beautiful series of plates of the Spectrum of the iron arc in air and the centre of Sun's disk. He has written about reproduction of prominence photos the sample of work done by the Roorkee Coy., is suitable the screen used being very fine.