[The registrar was instructed to make application to Baron von Mueller for a portion of the collection of New Guinea specimens contributed by the Royal Geographical Society.1]
The Royal Geographic Society of Australasia, Victorian Branch, had received plants from New Guinea collected by Henry Forbes; see M to E. Strickland, 10 October 1885.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of a meeting of the administrative council of the School of Mines held on 13 January 1886, in Ballarat star, 16 January 1886, p. 4.
Please cite as “FVM-86-01-00,” 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