[acknowledging receipt of a number of fossil fruits taken from a bore at Mount Wycheproof,2 and informing the trust that the same had been sent for examination to Baron von Müller, Government botanist, who had reported that they comprised such as were frequently associated with gold bearing drifts.]
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Irrigation', a report of the meeting of the St. Arnaud Waterworks Trust held on 31 May 1885, Leader, 11 April 1885, p. 13. Correspondence was received from the Department of Mines and Water Supply, concerning samples obtained from a bore at Wycheproof in search of artesian water. No trace of the Department’s correspondence with M on this matter has been found at the Victorian Public Record Office.
Vic.
Please cite as “FVM-85-03-00c,” 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