SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 329 



TRANSVAAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The President and Board of Control, Michigan Agricultural 

 College: 



GENTLEMEN: On behalf of this department, I beg to offer 

 to you our most sincere thanks for the honour you have done the 

 department in inviting it to unite with you in the celebration of 

 the Fiftieth Anniversary of the College. 



Unfortunately, it is a far cry from the Transvaal to Michigan, 

 and owing to the distance, and to the fact that the leading mem- 

 bers of our staff are so fully engaged at the present time, it is 

 impossible for us to accept the invitation, much as we should 

 like to do so. 



Will you therefore kindly accept our apologies for non- 

 attendance ? 



Your College is famed throughout the world, both for its 

 pioneer work in the cause of agricultural education and re- 

 search, and for the perfection to which it has attained. It has 

 been a source of inspiration and guidance to similar institutions 

 in many countries, and the influence which it has exercised upon 

 agriculture is widespread and profound. 



Most heartily do we congratulate you upon the occasion 

 which you are celebrating, and may the future of your College 

 be as useful and distinguished as its past. 



I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient Servant, 



M. WURIT 



Director of Agriculture 

 PRETORIA 

 April 6, 1907 



