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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland   27 July 1885

ISSUED FORM.

New South Wales Electric Telegraph.

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NEW SOUTH WALES - ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEPT - Office Stamp. SYDNEY JLY 27 1885 Received at 3h. 24m. Reference No. 266 No. of Words 29 Amount paid:4:2

TELEGRAM from MELBOURNE Station, Addressed to Sir Edward Strickland President Geographic Socy

Communication from our Branch to your Secretary concerning division New Guinea territory by northern & southern [halves] only private suggestion for General Scratchley not to appear in public print1

(Signed) Baron von Mueller

Time 2h. 40m.

1

The letter with the suggestion has not been found.

2

MS annotation: 'Expedition 657 | Baron von Mueller | to | Sir Ed Strickland KCB | Boundary of New Guinea | 27.7.85 Melbourne'. For reply see E. Strickland to M, 27 July 1885 (in this edition as 85-07-27a).

Please cite as “FVM-85-07-27,” 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/85-07-27