Copy of a typescript letter written on Dr. G. W. Ross letterhead and signed by G. W. Ross. Letter is a petition to the Canadian Government to provide a grant to Dr. Banting in recognition of his achievement. Ross also solicited letters from prominent members of the medical community to support his petition. The petition was successful and Prime Minister Mackenzie King wrote F. G. Banting on July 23, 1923 informing him of an award of a lifetime annuity of $7,500.