92 cinquantenaire: de la société 



Institution Smithsonienne, a Washington. 



Washington, November 2, 1901. 



M. Auguste Le Jolis, Fondateur et Directeur perpétuel de la 

 Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathéma- 

 tiques de Cherbourg. 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution hasthe honor to 

 acknowledge the receipt of the announcement of the commé- 

 moration on the thirty-firstday ofDecember 1901, of the liftieth 

 anniversary of the foundation of the Société Nationale des Scien- 

 ces Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg. 



ïhe Secretary begs leave, on behalf of the Institution, to con- 

 vey to the Society the most cordial greetings upon this interes- 

 ting and noteworthy occasion, together with an expression of 

 sincère good wishes for the continued prosperity of the hono- 

 red Society. 



S. P. Langley. 



Bureau d'Ethnologie Américaine, a Washington. 



Washington, October 30, 1901. 

 Monsieur L. Corbière, Secrétaire de la Société Nationale des 

 Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg. 



The announcement of the Société Nationale des Sciences Natu- 

 relles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg, that the Society will 

 shortly celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its existence, bas been 

 received with much pleasure by the Director and Collaborators of 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology, who beg mostcordially and 

 heartily to congratulate the Society on its noble and successful 

 career, and to tender their warmest wishes for a long and happy 

 continuation of this career. 

 J.W. Powel, Director. — W.J. Melsee, Ethnologist in Charge. 



Bureau Hydrographique et Géodésique des Etats-Unis. 



Washington, December 18, 1901. 



Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques 

 de Cherbourg. 



Gentlemen, The Bureau ovcr which 1 hâve the honor to préside 

 bas heard that you are about to celebrate the (iftielh year of the 



