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maitre, le Dr. E. L. Bouvier, professeur d'entomologie 

 au Museum d'histoire naturelle, qui a fait en d'excellents 

 termes le rapport a I'Academie sur vos travaux, au nom 

 de la section de Zoologie, dont il est membre. II 

 suffira de I'adresser au Mus6um (Paris), ou il a son 

 laboratoire. 



Je vous renouvelle avec une veritable joie mes 

 felicitations, qui s'adressent aussi k Lady Avebury et 

 k vos enfants. Et je vous prie d'agr^er, cher et honor6 

 President, I'assurance de mon entier devouement. 



Rene Worms. 



Prince Roland Bonaparte telegraphed to 

 him : " Toutes mes felicitations et mes meilleurs 

 souvenirs"; and he had many other congratu- 

 lations. 



An interesting application was made to him in 

 the same month by the Aga Khan, Ameer Ali, and 

 others on behalf of the Mussulmans in London, 

 that he should give his name to a Committee 

 formed for the purpose of obtaining for them 

 a place of worship in London, "of which the 

 want is keenly felt by all classes of His Majesty's 

 subjects who are flocking to England in ever- 

 increasing numbers from all parts of the King's 

 dominions." 



Reference has been made above to his going 

 on the last day of October, probably with some 

 injury to his health, to the Chamber of Commerce 

 to discuss the Declaration of London. He did 

 not see eye to eye with the majority of the 

 Chamber on this subject, especially on the point 

 of the immunity. Finally he addressed the follow- 

 ing Memorandum to the Council : 



