Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
5. Nov. 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit your permission of having the following advertisement inserted into the Governments Gazette.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
Mr Undersecretary Moore.
&c &c &c1
Zoological Gardens,
Melbourne, 5th November, 1860.
ANGORA GOATS
The Committee of the Zoological Gardens being desirous to increase as far as possible the breed of the Angora goats throughout the colony: Notice is hereby given that henceforth a limited number of purely white female goats will be admitted to the Angoras at the Zoological Garden.
(By Order of the Committee) FERD. MUELLER,
Director of the Zoological Gardens.
Permission was granted. The MS of the notice, surely sent as an enclosure, has not been found. The text given below is from Victoria — Government Gazette (No. 142), 9 November 1860, p. 2138 (B60.11.02).
Please cite as “FVM-60-11-05a,” 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