[Apologies were read from the Chief Secretary, the Mayor of Melbourne, the President of the Royal Society, Baron von Mueller, and others.]
Letter not found. The text given here is from the report of the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Victorian Branch, held on 13 August 1886, in Australian medical journal, 15 August 1886, p. 356. M's normal practice appears to have been to send such apologies on the day concerned, and it is dated accordingly.
Please cite as “FVM-86-08-13b,” 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