There was a large attendance of University representatives and those of learned societies and publishers present at a meeting presided over by the Earl of Balfour as President of the British Academy, convened fcr the purpose of organizing a gift of books to the Library of the Tokio Imperial University. The Earl of Balfour made a sympathetic speech in the course of which he referred to a letter which he had received from the President of the University describing the calamitous losses sustained by the library and appealing for help from fellow nations. The Earl of Balfour stated that the British Foreign Office had invited the British Academy to undertake the task. On the motion of the High Commissioner for India, an executive committee of the most influential character possible was constituted for the purpose of organising the effort.—Reuter.
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