Certes acknowledges Hennaert's letter of November 28 asking "the date and amount of the latest report to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere. " Hennaert believed "that there is a credit for the Association of the Propagation of the Faith exceeding the amount of the draft of 5,600 francs which Certes sent last November 5." Their last letter from Lefevere is Feb. 7, 1867. That letter, concerning a payment to Louvain, contained no report of the Bishop, either on the state of his diocese, nor the amount of receipts among his diocesans. His report on March 21, 1866, on the state of the diocese announced "a collection for the Propagation of the Faith of $654.50" that is, 3,400 francs, 86 centimes. Lefevere wrote rarely indeed. No receipts have been acknowledged since April, 1863. That sum of 3,400 francs, 86 centimes represents the alms gathered from 1863 to 1866 exclusively. That is entered in their accounts, and Certes returned it May 30, 1866, in assigning the balance of the allocation of 1865. The association asks Hennaert to indicated the total amount of receipts on hand and what should be the reports for 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869. The accounts for 1869 will close Jan. 31, 1870, and the reply should arrive before that date. If receipts have accumulated excessively they could aid another bishop in the United States. The allocation of 7,000 francs assigned for 1867 for the Diocese of Detroit had not been renewed. When a diocese has reached a point where its needs can be cared for by local resources, they are obliged to administer to more recently created and more needy dioceses. :: III-2-l A.L.S. French 4pp. 12mo.