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
Letter not found.
In Supplement to the Victoria Government gazette, 6 August 1858, p. 149, the members of the Committee of Management of the Zoological Gardens were listed as:
The Honorable Samuel George Evans, L.L.D., M.L.A.; The Honorable Charles Pasley, Capt. R.E.; Frederick McCoy, Esquire, F.G.S.L.; Ferdinand Frederick Mueller, Esquire; Frederick M. Selwyn, Esquire; Thomas Black, Esquire; Thomas Embling, Esquire, M.L.A.; D. S. Campbell, Esquire, M.L.A.; Hugh John Chambers, Esquire; William Henry Archer, Esquire.
In addition to the error in M's name, the given names of Evans were reversed.
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