After writing Lefevere, De Neve set out for Brussels to collect, but without success. On the advice of Chevalier Stass he returned to Louvain and went on the Bruges. At Bruges the Bishop John Baptist Malou offered him board and lodging. The Bishop, sensible of the courtesy Lefevere paid him in sending him a copy of their first diocesan council, permitted De Neve to go everywhere. De Neve collected about 600 francs; the Bishop gave 20. Bishop Ludovic Jos. Delebecque of Ghent writes that he will give a letter of recommendation. He talked to the Bishops of Bruges and Ghent and they said that the four bishops who are patrons of their house should ask a special subsidy from the Association of the Propagation of the Faith to educate the priests who apply through the encouragement of the Belgian bishops who have taken special steps in their favor. The Bishop of Bruges says that if the petition fails he will take issue for them. Therefore, De Neve asks Lefevere to send a petition if he has not done so this year. This might be accompanied by a statement of the diocese and the number of places needing a priest. Mr. Jacquemins, destined for Lefevere's diocese, has been spitting blood and gives little hope. De Neve hopes that Lefevere will pay Father Charles Ryckaert of Hillsdale, Michigan the 200 francs which De Neve has just received for Ryckaert's sister and which De Neve will enter to Lefevere's credit for the students from Detroit. :: III-2-j A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.