[The meeting was informed that the Secretary had replied to the effect that communications with the Island from this port were very infrequent, but he had learned that boats from Queenslcliff1 frequently touched there. Of these the Baron could avail himself for sending letters to the Lighthouse keeper (Mr. Spong) who, if properly instructed, was a man of sufficient education and intelligence to make the desired collection.]
Vic.
Letter not found; item is an entry in the minutes of the meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 12 September 1871, reporting Agnew's response to a request from M for help in obtaining botanical specimens from King Island, Tas (see M to J. Agnew, September 1871 (in this edition as 71-09-00)).
Please cite as “FVM-71-09-00a,” 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