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The only three British Societies and Institutions of which 

 Linnaeus was a member are : 



The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; 

 The Royal Society ; 



The Society for the Kncouragement of Arts, Commerce and 



Manufactures ; 



the only British Society bearing his name is the Linnean Society 

 of London. 



Five honorary graduates were, in accordance with the system 

 above described, selected from among tho British delegates ; one, 

 representing the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 

 receiving a degree in the Faculty of Medicine; the other four, 

 representing the three London Societies and representing the 

 United Kingdom, receiving degrees in the Faculty <<f Philosophy. 



As the procession filed into tbe Cathedral a solemn march was 

 played, and when all w.-re seated and the Prince Regent with the 

 Royal Party had arrived, the first part of the University Cantata 

 was sung. This cantata was written by Kydberg and set* to music 

 by Josephson for the historic graduation ceremony of 1N77, when 

 the University of Upsala o-h-brated its quatercentenary. The 

 singing of special parts of the cantata preceded the promotions in 

 the different faculties. The flrnt faculty to be called was that of 

 Theology ; the dean of the faculty and promoter of the thirty 

 doctors being the Archbishop. At an appointed passage in his 

 allocution he placed on his head the hat which in this University 

 doctors may wear, and three cannon shots fired in quick succession 

 from the Castle platform, greeted the faculty which he represented. 

 One by one the dor tores elect i came forward and as each passed 

 the promoter a doctor's hat was placed on his head, a single cannon 

 shot being fired to mark his assumption of the degree ; in the case 

 of Jubilee doctor two cannon shots were fired. Having passed 

 the promoter each doctor received his diploma from another 

 official, paid his respects to the Chancellor, made obeisance to the 

 Prince Regent and returned to his seat. The procedure for the 

 faculties of Law and Medicine, whose respective deans acted as 

 promoters, was the same as for that of Theology ; in the case of 

 the faculty of Philosophy it only differed in that the doctors 

 received crowns of bay instead of hats and in addition to diplomas 

 received gold finger-rings. 



As the various doctors filed past the Chancellor and the Royal 

 Party on their way to resume their seats the orchestra played a 

 march which changed for each faculty. The doctors of theology 

 were encouraged by the martial notes of the " War-march of the 

 Priests," those of Law by the stirring strains of a triumphal 

 march. The doctors of medicine went thoughtfully past to the 



gaily 



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The graduation ceremony occupied rather more than two hours ; 

 at its close the delegates left the Cathedral in the order in which 

 they had arrived, most of the new doctors returning to the 

 University to assemble on the perron and there receive the 

 congratulations of the students* This, which was for us the most 

 striking ceremony of these two wonderful days, was seen perhaps 



