18th April 1864
By desire of the Chief Secy I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to be in attendance at this Office tomorrow (Tuesday) the 19th Inst at 12. O'Clock.1
Sd W. H. Odgers
For the U Secy.
The Director
Botanic Gardens
Melbourne
The purpose of the interview has not been established. However, this was the period of the controversy about the Cranbourne meteorites, and it is possible that the references to the Chief Secretary in M to N. Maskelyne, 25 April 1864, may come from the interview. See Lucas et al. (1994).
Please cite as “FVM-64-04-18,” 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