3 October 1866
I have the honor to introduce to you Mr Mathieu1 Secretary of New Caledonia and to request that you will be so good as to afford him all information with reference to your Department and show him every attention in your power.
(Sd) J. Moore
Botanical Gardens
Adolphe François Mathieu (1837-1912), in Melbourne as a representative of New Caledonia at the Intercolonial Exhibition ('The Intercolonial and Paris Exhibitions', Argus, 25 September 1866, p. 6).
Text from E4094, addressed to the Chief Commissioner of Police, followed by 'Similar to the preceeding (sic) to the Heads of the following Departments', the Botanical Gardens being one of these.
Please cite as “FVM-66-10-03,” 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