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voeux qu'elle forme pouv la coutinuation de la pvospérité de 

 votre Institution. 



Veuillez agréer, Messieurs, Tassuvauee de noti'e haute 

 considération. 



Le Secrétaire, Le President, 



TJ). Lefevre. J. Crocq. 



Från .Iohns Hopkins University i Baltimore: 



Baltimore, Md., April 18, 1888. 



The Johns Hopkins University has had the honor to re- 

 ceive an invitation from the Society of Sciences in Finland to 

 the celebration which will be held on the twenty-ninth of April, 

 commemoratiug the liftieth anniversary of the foundation of that 

 Society. The University regrets that it cannot be represented 

 at that time by a delegate. It congratulates the Society on the ex- 

 cellent services it has renderad in the promotion of Science, and 

 predicts for it increasing usefuUness and honor during the 

 yeai's to come. 



Daniel C. Gilman, 

 President J. H. U. 



Från Asiatic Society of Bengal i Calcutta (till sek- 

 reteraren) : 



Calcutta 30:th April 1888. 



Sir, 



I have the honor tho inform you that your letter dated 

 7:th March last, intimating that the Society of Sciences of Fin- 

 lande will celebrate the 50:th anniversary of their foundation 

 on the 29:th April 1888, was laid before the Council of the 

 Asiatic Society at their meetiug of the 26:th April, and am 

 directed to request in reply that you will be good euough to 



