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From Andrew Berry to Ferdinand von Mueller   15 Mar 1886

March 15th 1886.

Sir,

I have the honor to state that a Student1 who has been attending lectures on Botany at this Institution has entered as a Candidate for examination for The School's certificate of competency in this subject.

And by direction to ask you as Examiner to be so good as to prepare and forward at your convenience a paper of questions for examination of the Candidate2

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant

Andw Berry

Registrar

Baron Ferd. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G. M. & Ph.D., F.R.S.

&c. &c. &c.

Government Botanist

Melbourne

P.S. Copy of previous Question-paper enclosed AB

1

James Stevenson Morrison; see School of Mines Ballaraat, minute book, The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat Limited.

2

See M to A. Berry, 17 March 1886 (in this edition as 86-03-17a).

Please cite as “FVM-86-03-15,” 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/86-03-15