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The correspondence mainly deals with the invitation to deliver the lecture and Waddington's travel arrangements. Also present is a copy of a letter from Waddington to the Principal of the University College asking for permission to use the text of the lectures as an introductory essay for Towards A Theoretical Biology (edited by Waddington and published in 1968 by Edinburgh University Press).

Scope and Contents Wood writes from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries providing details of the investigations into the improvement of wool at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with the University of Leeds, the Woollen Research Association and the University College of North Wales. One item in the programme concerns the results of introducing Merino blood into certain British hill breeds. He states that in later crossings it may be desirable to use Australian or New Zealand merinos but for...

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White thanks Ewart for his support of his application for the Examiner to the Secretary of the Court. He reports that University College of North Wales, Bangor, has two skulls of Bos indicus and the premaxillas do not meet the nasals. He adds that is going to get the skulls photographed.