[Read letter from Dr F. Mueller dated 31st ult respecting same.1]
This refers to a dispute between the Society and the Commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1866-7 over the policy relating to the awarding of medals and certificates. According to the report of the meeting in the Argus, 15 August 1867, p. 5, M in his letter ‘regrett[ed] that he had been unable to affect a settlement of the dispute between the commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition and the exhibitors’. The meeting resolved ‘that the Hon. Sec. write to Dr Mueller respecting his application for a settlement of the a/c outstanding with the Commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition’; J. Toon to M, 14 August 1867 is the record of that letter.
Letter not found; the text given here is from the minutes of the meeting of the Society held on 14 August 1867. See also J. Toon to M, 13 June 1867; J. Toon to M, 3 July 1867; and J. Toon to M, 11 July 1867.
Please cite as “FVM-67-07-31,” 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