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Commemorations of Linnus’s birthday at Upsala and Stock- 
holm, was now present, and would give an account of the 
proceedings there. 
The Rev. F. D. Morice replied, that he was very pleased 
to have an opportunity of informing the Society of the very 
kind reception he had met with as its representative. He 
then gave a description of the ceremonies and festivities he 
had attended in that capacity. ‘These, at Upsala, occupied 
the whole of Thursday and Friday (May 23, 24), visitors being 
entertained as guests of the University from the Wednesday 
to the Friday night inclusive: at Stockholm, the actual cele- 
brations were all comprised within the Saturday (May 25), 
but the Prince-Regent honoured the visitors with an invitation 
to ‘Tea and Music’ at the Palace on the afternoon of the 
26th ; and on that day, also, a party went by special train to 
Hammarby, the property on which Linné spent the last 
summers of his life, where he died, and where sundry relics 
of himself and his family are still preserved in memory 
of him. 
“ At Upsala the great ceremony of the Thursday was held 
in a sort of theatre in the buildings of the University. Here, 
after the performance by a chorus and orchestra of cantatas 
composed for the occasion, the Rector delivered a speech on 
the work of Linné, and congratulatory Addresses were handed 
in by the delegates, who came up in groups (nation by nation), 
one member of each group speaking a few words on behalf of 
the rest. The spokesman of our own countrymen was Sir 
Archibald Geikie. On the conclusion of the ceremony, the 
guests were conducted to a smaller hall, where they had the 
honour of being presented individually to the Prince-Regent 
and other members of the Royal Family, whom they had 
previously seen at the public ceremony. 
“Two great dinners, to one or other of which all the guests 
of the University were invited, were given on that evening, 
one by the Rector, the other by the Archbishop of Upsala. 
“ Next day the company reassembled at the University, and 
went in procession to the cathedral, where Doctors (Honorary 
and Ordinary) were created in the four Faculties of Theology, 
Law, Medicine, and Philosophy. This ceremony, taking place 
