March 22nd [186]51
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that at the meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society held yesterday Mr Haines laid your letter addressed to him as well as the copy of Mr McIntyre's letter enclosed to Dr Black2 before the Council.3 After discussing the matter for some time the Council directed me to inform you that they thought it better to postpone any definite action in the matter until a future meeting of the Council.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Secy
To Dr Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c &c
editorial addition.
Thomas Black.
Neither letter found. However, he minutes of the Council meeting on 21 March (VPRS 2223 minute bbok, Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria), McIntyre is identified as 'the proposed leader of the Leichardt relief party', i.e. as Duncan McIntyre, who is reported as having written that 'in his opinion more than 7 camels should be secured for he party', while M is reported as suggesting that 'the 7 camels offered to Mr Jamieson should be kept back for this purpose'.
Please cite as “FVM-65-03-22,” 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