[A letter from Napier, N.Z., addressed to Dr. Mueller, was laid before the council, communicating the fact of the establishment of a society in that province,1 and suggesting exchanges of various kinds.]
The Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society was founded at a meeting held on 27 January 1868; see Wellwood (1968). The letter was probably written by the Secretary, H. S. Tiffen.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria held on 18 February 1868 (Age, 19 February 1868, p.4).
Please cite as “FVM-68-02-00c,” 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