April 17 [186]21
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication dated the 11th Inst2 and to inform you that the same was laid before the Council of the Acclimatisation Society at the meeting of yesterday and at the suggestion of Mr Sumner and in consequence of the paucity of attendance consulation of it was deferred until the meeting to be held on the 23rd Inst.3
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Secretary
To Ferdinand Mueller Esq. M.D.
&c &c &c
editorial addition.
See M to G. Sprigg, 11 April 1862 (in this edition as 62-04-11a).
At a meeting of the Council of the Acclimatization Society of Victoria held on 16 April 1862, attended by six members, 'A letter from Dr Mueller on behalf of the Trustees of the Park was referred to the next meeting'. At the Council meeting on 29 April 1862, which M attended, his letter was taken into consideration and a motion was moved and carried: 'That the returns requested by the Trustees of the Royal Park be furnished to them, and Messrs Archer, R. H. Bland Cambell, Embling Purchas and Smith be appointed a sub committee to offer suggestions to the Trustees for the regulation of the Royal Park' (Unit 1, pp. 165, 170, VPRS 2223/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).
See also G. Sprigg to M, 30 April 1862 (in this edition as 62-04-30a).
Please cite as “FVM-62-04-17a,” 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