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Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



February 14, 1912. 

 Corresponding Secretary of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Dear Sir: 



At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Buffalo Society of Natural 

 Sciences, held Friday evening, February 9, 1912, your courteous invitation 

 to the Society that it should be represented at the One Hundredth Anni- 

 versary of the founding of your Academy was presented to the Board and the 

 following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved: That this Society 

 extend to The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia its most hearty con- 

 gratulations upon the near approaching Centenary Anniversary of its founding 

 and with such congratulations to express the sincere feeling of respect and 

 appreciation which, in common with all workers in natural science, this Society 

 feels for the splendid and valuable work accomplished by the Academy during 

 the one hundred years of its useful existence and to bespeak for it a further long 

 continuance of its active and honorable life. 



By direction of the Board it gives me great pleasure to transmit to you this 

 resolution which now appears upon our minutes. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Henry R. Howland, 

 Superintendent, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, March 16, 1912. 

 To The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa. 



All the members of the staff of the Bureau of Entomology of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture join in hearty congratulations to the Academy on the 

 occasion of its celebration on its One-hundredth Birthday. No body of men 

 appreciates more highly the high character of the work done by the Academy 

 than does this force, and none can congratulate the Academy more heartily on 

 its present commanding position in the field of American Science. 



For the Bureau, 



L. O. Howard, 



Chief. 



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