To James Hector   1 August 1878

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Let me express my best thanks, dear Dr Hector, for the copy of vol. X of the New Zeal. Institute, issued under your able Editorship. Your islands will be soon the best scientifically known of the globe, thanks to well sustained & directed exertions there.

I am wanting vol VIII. Have I mislaid it, or did I not receive it? Remember kindly, that my library has mostly been stored away for 5 years, when I was in such a shameless manner deprived even of my House in the Garden. I have been ever homeless since! If you can kindly spare a copy of vol VIII, I shall be obliged. If I find mine, I will return the additional one. I am under the impression the Hon. Cockbourn Hood2 had the loan of it, when he was in Melbourne; but I may be wrong,3

Regardfully

Ferd. von Mueller

 

If any chasm in my publications possibly exists in the Institute Library — pray let me know.

1
This letter was registered at the Geological Survey Office, Wellington on 19 August 1878.
2
T. H. Cockburn-Hood.
3
MS annotations: 'Send Vol.VIII' and 'Vol VIII sent. IV.IX/78.' M's set of the Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute is currently held by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and includes a copy of vol. 8.

Please cite as “FVM-78-08-01a,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-08-01a