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From James Hector to Ferdinand von Mueller   2 July 1872

Colonial Museum

Wellington 2 July 1872

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Vol VII of your Fragmenta1 in duplicate which you kindly forwarded with your letter of the 18th Ultimo, and I have great pleasure in transmitting the copies of the Catalogue of the New Zealand Fishes, in accordance with your request.2 Of the Fragmenta we are in possession of Vol IV a single copy, vol. V in duplicate, and Vol. VII in duplicate. If you could possibly supply the other volumes in order that we may have the work complete from the first I would feel greatly obliged to you.

I have the honor to be

Sir

yours most obediently

James Hector

Baron Mueller C.M.G. F.R.S.

&c &c &c

1

B72.02.08.

2

Hutton (1872) and Hector (1872), requested in M to J. Hector, 18 June 1872.

Please cite as “FVM-72-07-02,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-07-02