12,000 francs are allotted to the Detroit Diocese for 1864 by the Central Office of the Association of the Propagation. Following custom, a fifth of this sum will be withheld until the annual balance of receipts is made. The Central Office has received with most painful surprise the information which Lefevere has given of Father Louis Baroux. He was at their office in May 1863 in the name of his bishop. The recommendation made by Lefevere refers to the poverty of the Potowatomi Mission and the apostolic zeal of Baroux. If the Central Office has made a mistake, they are sincerely regretful. In the meantime the Office is not forgetful of the students in Louvain. A letter from L'abbé Gire is enclosed; also a copy of the papal bull on the Immaculate Conception definition to be translated for the Potawatomies. Certes states the amount of allocation for 1864, and encloses a copy of a treatise by Father J.O. Pare, Vicar General of Montreal no enclosure. :: III-2-k L.S. French 4pp. 4to.