Melbourne botanic Garden,
31. March 62
Sir
I have the honor of submitting to your favorable consideration the proposal, that on behalf of the Government a copy of my work on Victorian plants,1 of which recently a volume has been completed at the Government printing Office may be supplied to certain public institutions and to the principle contributors towards our bot Museum, and I beg to append a list of institutions and donors, to whom the transmission of the work seems to me recommendable.
In granting this concession, the Victorian Government would adopt a course, followed by several other Government, in a limited distribution of works, issued under their auspices. I may thus instance the distribution by the Chilian Government of a work of 24 volumes on natural history and statistics and that of a work on the natural productions and geological features of Java by the Dutch Government.
I would also beg leave to enquire, whether those members of Parliament, who may particularly desire to possess the work could receive permission to obtain it on application to the Gov. Printer.
The whole edition consists of 500 copies.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c2
| Colonial Office | London |
1 copy |
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Botanic Garden |
Ceylon |
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Bombay |
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Kopenhagen |
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Petersburg |
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Schoenbrunn |
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Kew |
2 copies |
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Sydney |
1 copy |
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Brisbane |
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Adelaide |
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Madras |
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Utrecht |
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Montpellier |
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Boston |
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Breslau |
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Berlin |
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Dresden |
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Upsala |
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Munich |
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Halle |
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| Sir Henry Barkly |
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| Sir Willm Denison |
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| Sir Rich. Macdonell |
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| C. J. La Trobe Esqu. |
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| Dr Hance, Wampoa3 |
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| Professor Lindley, London |
1 copy |
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| W. Woolls Esq., Paramatta |
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| Editor of | Walpers Annales, Berlin |
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| " | De Candolle's Prodromus, Geneve |
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| " | Bonplandia |
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| Dr Sonder, Hamburg |
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| A. Thozet, Rockhampton |
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| Sir Charl. Nicholson, Sydney |
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| W. McLeay Esqu., Sydney |
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| August Oldfield Esqu. |
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| Miss L. Atkinson |
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| Professor | Meisner, Basel |
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| " | Brogniart,4 Paris |
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| " | Decaisne, Paris |
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| " | Roeper, Rostock |
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| " | Harvey, Dublin |
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| " | Heer, Zurich |
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| Honor. A. Scott Esqu., Hunters River |
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| Jul. Haast Esqu., Christchurch5 |
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| F. Krichauff Esqu. Macclesfield6 |
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| Peterman's geographical Institute, Gotha |
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| German Association Melbourne |
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| Smithsonian Institute |
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| Botanical Society | Canada |
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Ratisbon |
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Edinburgh |
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Vienna |
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| Royal Society | Victoria |
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Tasmania |
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Mauritius |
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| Cambridge philosophical Society |
1 |
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| Victorian Gardeners Improvement Society |
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| Horticultural Society, Melbourne |
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| Horticultural Society, Geelong |
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| Philosophical Society, Sydney |
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| Medical Society, Victoria |
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| Pharmaceutical Society Victoria |
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| Imperial Academy, Jena |
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| Royal Academy, Stockholm |
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| Physical Society, Erlangen |
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| Naturalists Society, Palatinate7 |
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| Naturalists Society, Hercynica8 |
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| Naturalists Society Hamburg |
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| Natural History Society, Halle |
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| Linnean Society, London |
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| Silesian Society for culture9 |
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| Royal Society, | London |
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Edinburgh |
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| The Government of | Chile |
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Java |
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| Government Botanist's Office, |
3 copies |
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| Total |
80 cop. |
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B62.03.03.
O'Shanassy minuted his approval of M's request. M acknowledged the approval on 3 April 1862: 'Thankfully returned'. The Under Secretary, J. Moore, added: 'The question as to supplying members of Parliament is not decided'. See also M to J. Moore, 3 April 1862.
Whampoa, China.
i.e. Brongniart.
Christchurch in M's hand.
Macclesfield in M's hand.
Pollichia, a Natural History Society of the Bavarian Palatinate (Pollichia, ein naturwissenschaftlicher Verein der baierischen Pfalz), Landau.
Harz, Germany.
for culture in M's hand. Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.
Letter written by M and list by E. Heyne.
Please cite as “FVM-62-03-31,” 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