27/6/85.
The honorable James Service, M.L.A.,
Premier of Victoria.
Honored Sir.
May I ask on behalf of the Victorian Branch of [the] geographic Society of Australasia, that you will be pleased to gr[ant] a Deputation of the Council [of] our branch a short interview, at which we are anxious to place the present state of New Guinea Exploration through the funds, generously granted by the Governments of Victoria and New South Wales, before you, and thus to solicit also the continuation of the Victorian grant for an other year.1
I am, honored Sir, very obediently your
Ferd. von Mueller.
MS annotation by J. Service, 29 June 1885: 'Personally arranged this with the Baron today'.
Please cite as “FVM-85-06-27a,” 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