Jean-Benedict de SAUSSURE wrote:
> Sorry for my bad command of english, but what does "ult." mean?

ult. is an abbreviation for ultimo or ultimate.  This term is seldom seen in
current usage.

From 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

Ultimo
Ul"ti*mo. [L. ultimo (mense) in the last month.] In the month immediately
preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf.
Proximo. 

Proximo
Prox"i*mo (?). [L., on the next, abl. of proximus next.] In the next month after
the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

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