The Central Council of the Propagation has allocated to the Diocese of Detroit for 1858, 9,000 francs. According to custom he has withheld the last fifth of this sum due to the contingency of receipts, until the annual balancing of accounts. The Association of the Propagation has this year again been honored by the Holy Father. They hope that the alms of the jubilee will increase notably the annual resources. He requests a detailed account of the state of Lefevere's mission. These details are of absolute necessity for a just distribution of the alms. Silence about this matter leads to a belief that the needs of the flock are not so great and so subsidies are reduced sometimes causing real hardship which they regret especially as regards the American College in Louvain . Since the proposal of the erection of this college they have received no letter from Lefevere in this regard. Their help only depends upon the request of the venerable heads of dioceses. Since the Bishops of Belgium have requested the Society to aid this project of the Detroit Diocese they desire to satisfy them. They send then to Lefevere a larger subsidy than usual to be used according to his judgement. Lefevere needs only to indicate the particular needs of his diocese in connection with the College at Louvain. All requests should be sent before April 1. Prayers are asked of the members of the Society. Note in Lefevere's hand that he answered this letter Feb. 4, 1859. He states collections taken up in Detroit for it Prop. of Faith? amounted to $264.54 and the alms received in 1859 for the Prop. of Faith on the occasion of the Jubilee amounted to $505.98 total $777.52. Enclosure. Adolphe Certes writes Letter Signed Lefevere that the Council has decided that the first installment of fourtenths will be changed to the total amount of the allocation. The four-tenths will be sent in this letter in a check of the same value. Certes inquires about Father Gabriel Richard, deceased in Detroit, Sept., 1832, whether he left a will, etc. in the interest of relatives in France. Certes also renews a similar request for Trousson du Coudray who had settled in Detroit in 1843 or 44. :: III-2-i A.L.S. French 6pp. 8vo.