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Rawson's letter was forwarded to M on 3 December 1859, following its arrival in Melbourne.
Letter not found. The Chief Secretary's inward letter register (No. 12102, vol. 1859 L, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria) records that it was enclosed, together with one to Dr T. Embling, with the letter Rawson, as Colonial Secretary, Capetown, South Africa, wrote to the Chief Secretary, acknowledging the receipt of a draft for £200 to purchase animals for Melbourne's zoo at the Botanic Garden (see M to J. O'Shanassy, 2 July 1859 (in this edition as 59-07-02a)). The item is dated to 10 October 1859 on the assumption that the enclosed letters were written on the same day as the registered letter.
Please cite as “FVM-59-10-10a,” 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