Melbourne,
29 March 1887.
The honorable Professor Pearson, M.A., M.L.C.,
Acting Chief Secretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to report, that of the lithographic illustrations of Australian Acacias, approved last year, two decades are now ready, of which I beg to send copies herewith.1 As 40 more plates are now already lithographed, several other decades can soon appear. I therefore beg to submit for your favorable consideration, that the successive decades, as they appear, may be sent out, and I forward herewith a list of such institutions and recipients, to whom I would recommend the work to be given.2 Nearly all these send reciprocally publications of their own; the few others mentioned have either rendered important services to the Department, or are for scientific special reasons deserving of this consideration of the Government.3
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
Proposed recipients of the work on Acacia
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Konglinga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academien, Stockholm, Sweden
Kgl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Goettingen, Germany
Kgl. Baierische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften München, Germany
Physiographic Society, Lund, Sweden
Academy of Science, Madrid, Spain
Imperial Academy of Science, St. Petersburg
Academia Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolina, Halle a/S., Germany
Royal Academy of Science, Amsterdam
Royal Academy of Science, Lisbon, Portugal
Academie royale des sciences, lettres et beaux arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Société nationale d'acclimatation, Rue de Lille, Paris
Department of Agriculture, Washington
Agri- and Horticultural Society, Calcutta
K. K. Oesterreichischer Apotheker Verein, Wien, Austria
Bailey, F. M., Govt. Botanist, Brisbane
Baillon, Professor H., 12 Rue Cuvier, Paris
Beccari, Dr., […]4 Florence, Italy
M. le Redacteur de al Belgique Horticole, Liége, Belgium
Botanisk Forening, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kgl. Botanische Gesellschaft, Regensburg, Germany
Royal Botanical Society, Edinburgh
Botanische Gesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany
Inspector of Forests, Adelaide
Museum of Natural History (Botanic Section), South Kensington, London
Muséum d'Historie Naturelle, Paris
Editor of the Journal of Botany, British Museum, South Kensington, London
Candolle, M. le professeur A. de, Geneva, Switzerland
Caruel, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Florence, Italy
Chief Secretary's Office, Melbourne
Cooper, Captain Elwood, Santa Barbara, California
Société d'Agriculture d'Alger, Algeria
Royal Botanical Society, London
Director des botanischen Gartens, Wien, Austria
Royal Colonial Institute, London
Dyer, W. T., C.M.G. FRS, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, London
Davis, George, Medical Publisher, Detroit, Mich. United States
Engler, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Breslau, Germany
Freies Deutsches Hochstift, Frankfurt a/M., Germany
Redacteur der Gärtner-Zeitung, Erfurt, Germany
Elder, Sir Thomas, Adelaide
Forrest, Honble John, Perth, West Australia
Goeze, Dr. E. Gresifswald, Germany
Gray, Professor Asa, Cambridge, United States America
Govt. Botanists Office, Melbourne
Geological Survey Department, Washington
Henriques, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Coimbra, Portugal
Heurk, Dr. H. v., Director of the Botanic Garden, Antwerp
Holtze, M., Govt. Garden, Port Darwin
Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick, London
Wittmack, Dr. L., Invalidenstrasse 42, Berlin
Just Professor Leop., Carlsruhe, Germany
Joly, Ch., Rue Boissy d'Anglas 11, Paris
Hill, T. W., Editor of the Queenslander, Brisbane
King, Dr. Geo., Director of the Bot. Garden, Calcutta
Krichauff, Honble F. Adelaide
Lawson, Professor […]5 Madras
Linnean Society, Burlington House, London
Linnean Society Sydney
Luerssen, Professor, Eberswalde, Berlin
Moore, Ch., Director Botanic Garden, Sydney
Millardet, M. le professeur, Directeur du jardin botanique, Bordeaux
Masters, Dr. M. T., Mount Avenue, Ealing, London
Hooker, Sir Joseph KCSI., Royal Garden, Kew, London
Mac Owan,6 Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Capetown
New Zealand Institute, Wellington
Naudin, Professor Antibes (Var) France
Planchon, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Montpellier, France
Regel, Dr. E. von, Director of the Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg
Ramsay, Dr. E., Director of the Museum, Sydney
Royal Society, Burlington House, London
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Senkenbergsche Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a/M, Germany
Smithsonian Institute, Washington
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Sociedad Rural Agentina, Buenos Aires
Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau, Germany
Schweinfurth, Dr. Cairo, Egypt
Society of Natural History, Boston, United States
Société Imperiale7 des Naturalistes Moscow, Russia
Verein der Freunde der Naturgeschichte, Bützow, Mecklenburg, Germany
Verein für Vaterländische Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Bremen, Germany
Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Marburg, Germany
Treub, Dr., Director of the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java
Trimen, Dr. Director of the Botanic Garden, Peradenia, Ceylon
Eichler, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Berlin
Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa
Chewings, Charles Esqr Adelaide
Uhlworm, Dr. Cassel, Germany
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Quai de la Megisserie, Paris
Warren, Colonel, Editor of the California Farmer, San Francisco
Woolls, Revd Dr. W., Richmond, New South Wales
Graff, Robert, Lithographic Artist, South Yarra
B87.13.04.
The list given here is now filed separately, at P87/931 unit 163, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria, but is almost certainly what M sent. The separate filing is explained by a later note in the file from E. Thomas, Secretary to the Premier, when he returned the by then bulky file to the Chief Secretary's Department: 'File returned to the Under Secretary with thanks. The approved list of distributions has been withdrawn for reference in this office'.
M's letter was forwarded to the Premier's Office on 1 April 1887 (P87/931, VPRS 1164, vol. 6, Public Record Office, Victoria). It was returned on 18 April with a note from the Secretary, E. Thomas: 'Mr Gillies directs me to enquire what the total cost of this work will be'. H. Moors, for the Under Secretary, asked the Government Printer to 'supply the information desired by the Hon. the Premier'. On 26 April the Acting Government Printer, R. Brain, replied: 'Three decades have now been published. The printing and binding only of these were done here and that cost £103. The litho. drafting was executed elsewhere the cost being defrayed by Baron von Mueller. I am therefore unable to state the total cost of production, or whether the three decades complete the work.' The next day Moors asked M to be 'good enough to furnish the information required by the Hon the Premier'. See M to H. Moors, 28 April 1887, for his reply.
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Imperiale added by M.
Please cite as “FVM-87-03-29,” 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