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Dk. E. p. Felt, representing the New York Entomological Society, briefly 

 said: The New York Entomological Society, through its accredited representa- 

 tives, hereby conveys to the Entomological Society of Ontario its most hearty 

 felicitations upon this Jubilee occasion. We would also extend to your highly 

 respected and beloved President a most sincere appreciation of the part he has 

 taken in establishing the Society and putting entomological work in Canada upon 

 such a satisfactory basis. 



Mr. Geoffrey Meade-Waldo, representing the British Museum Natural His- 

 tory Department, brought most hearty congratulations from the President of the 

 British Museum to the Entomological Society of Ontario on the accomplishment 

 of fifty years of such splendid work, with all best wishes for future prosperity. 



Dr. E. Stewart MacDougall, representing the University of Edinburgh, 

 Scotland, and the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, was hearty and sympathctir 

 in his congratulations. He also remarked that the Entomological Society of On- 

 tario was celebrating its jubilee at a time when more than ever before an interest 

 was being taken in economic entomology. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt represented the University of Manchester, England,, 

 and on behalf of that institution presented greetings and sincere wishes for con- 

 tinued success. He also extended congratulations as representing the Academy of 

 Science, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. J. D. ToTiiiLL conveyed the hearty congratulations of the Natural His- 

 tory Society of New Brunswick which, only a few months ago. had celebrated its 

 own 50th anniversary. As a proof of the Society's interest in entomology he men- 

 tioned that it had embarked upon the preparation of a list of New Brunswick 

 insects, somewhat after the plan of the la<te Dr. J. B. Smith's "Insects of New 

 Jersey." 



LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION. 



Letters from a number of representative bodies, all of them encouraging and 

 most of them couched in most felicitous terms, were received, and read. Un- 

 fortunately there is room in this report only for their bare acknowledgment, as 

 follows : 



Laval University, Quebec. 



University of Cambridge. 



University of Oxford. 



Natural History Society of Glasgow. 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



California State Commission of Horticulture. 



University of Chicago. 



University of Colorado. 



The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 



Harvard University. 



University of Iowa. 



Kansas State Agricultural College. 



Leland Stanford Junior University. 



German Entomological Museum. 



Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. 

 Letters of a congratulatory nature were also received from a number of 

 individual well wishers. 



