CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
| Name | Ralph Waldo Emerson MacIvor M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S., mem Phys. Soc. Lond. |
| Description | Professor of Chemistry & Agriculture |
| Residence | 67, Great Clyde St. Glasgow formerly Technical College, Sydney, N.S.W. |
Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1886
| (Signed) Ferd von Mueller1 | F.R.G.S | { From personal Knowledge |
| S. Wm Silver | F.R.G.S. | |
| F.R.G.S. |
| Proposed | Jany 17th | 1887 |
| Elected | 2 | 18873 |
M's name is in the hand that completed the certificate.
No election date is entered on the face of the certificate, but it is recorded on the back of the certificate as 'Jany 31st.'
There is another certificate for MacIvor; see M to the Royal Geographical Society, 1 October 1880 (in this edition as 80-10-01a).
Annotated: Removed 1896.
Please cite as “FVM-86-12-22,” 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