General papers, including correspondence with D.E. Blackwell of the University Observatory, Oxford; J.W. Schofield of the University of Hull, regarding an infra-red spectrometer; J.V. Peach of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Pasadena, concerning the design and construction of Cassegrain spectrographs; the Science Research Council; R.H. Stoy of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; Sir Martin Ryle of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, concerning the Large Telescope Users' Panel; R.O. Redman; T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds; P.V. Sudbury of the University of Manchester; H.A. Brück of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, regarding narrow-band photometry of the Pleiades Reflection Nebula; D.W.N. Stibbs of the University Observatory, St Andrews; Theodor Schmidt-Kaler of the Astronomisches Institut, Bonn; A.J. Meadows of the University of Leicester; G. Isaak of the University of Birmingham; T. Lloyd Evans of the Radcliffe Observatory; and J.W. Menzies of the Jeremiah Horrocks and Wilfred Hall Observatories, Preston.