Melbourne botanic Garden
12 / May 62.
Sir
I have the honor of informing you, that I have been particularly requested by Professor Dr. A. Petermann, Director of the geographical Institute of Gotha, to enquire on his behalf, whether you would be pleased to extend to him the favor, which he experiences from the Survey Departments of most Governments in Europe to be supplied for his geographical works with a set of such charts journals and other documents bearing on the geography of your colony as may be available for distribution in your department. On an application being made to the Surveyor General of this colony, Mr Ligar with great readiness furnished all charts at the time available at his Office, considering that no better use could be made of a presentation copy than to place them into the hand of so distinguished and labourious a geographer, than Dr. Petermann, who moreover as one of the physical geographers to her Britannic Majesty may have some additional claims on your consideration.
It will afford me great pleasure to forward any contribution you may be pleased to grant to Dr. Petermann's institute, such donation, as I would respectfully suggest to be accompanied by an official letter.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller1
The Surveyor General of Queensland
Brisbane
MS annotation shows that the matter was forwarded to: 'D.S.G. [Deputy Surveyor General?] 25/5/62', leading to an annotation on 28 May 1862: 'Mr Bennett | Landsburg's [i.e. Landsborough's] Map | Mr. C. Gregory's Survey | Capt. Norman's Sketch', the signature to this being indecipherable. A further annotation suggests that the Survey Office forwarded the maps to M on 14 July 1862.
Please cite as “FVM-62-05-12a,” 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