Melbourne bot. Garden
7. July 1858.
Sir
In reply to your communication of the 6th instant1 I have the honor to state, that I shall at all times be ready to devote myself to the public interest & that I shall therefore gladly respond to the call, of becoming a member of the administration of the zoological gardens.
I have the honor to be,
Sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c2
The members of the Committee of Management of the Zoological Gardens were gazetted as: S. Evans, C. Pasley, F. McCoy, F. Selwyn, T. Black, T. Embling, D. Campbell, H. Chambers, W. H. Archer and M. See Supplement to the Victoria Government gazette, 6 August 1858, p. 1497.
See also J. Moore to M, 20 July 1858.
Please cite as “FVM-58-07-07,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-07-07