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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of Queensland   19 May 18861

[Mr. Tryon, the secretary of the Royal Society of Queensland, has received a telegram from Baron von Mueller stating that the Victorian society2 will start a subscription list to enable Mr. H. 0. Forbes to resume his New Guinea explorations, and will make themselves responsible for £100.]

1

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Intercolonial Telegrams', Argus, 20 May 1886, p. 5.

2

Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia; see report of its Council meeting held 19 May 1886, Australasian (Melbourne), 22 May 1886, p. 98.

Please cite as “FVM-86-05-19,” 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/86-05-19