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Rh A commencement for the year 1764 was in preparation, but at the meeting of 13 March, Dr. Peters

acquaints the Trustees that he had received a letter from Dr Smith wherein he desired that the time of the ensuing Commencement might be left open till his arrival, as it would then be necessary to make a publick mention of the generous donations made to the Academy and other distinguishing marks of respect shewed the Institution in the course of his present appli- cations; and agreeable to his request it was Resolved that no time should be fixed for the Commencement, but that the Candidates should be exam- ined by such of the Trustees as would attend on the 28th of this month, and if they should be found well qualified that they then should be exam- ined in publick on the 6th of April, of which last examination, notice is to be inserted in the Gazette as usual.

But the Provost's departure from England was delayed, with the result that no order was taken for the annual commence- ment ; and we have no means of knowing who were the suc- cessful candidates in 1764 who took their degrees at the commencement of 1765.