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I just find in the "monthly" of the Field-Naturalists Club, dear Mr Macdonald, that the ascent of Mt Bellenden Ker2 is described there by Mr Sayer,3 who seems to have placed notes, similar to those we had, at the disposal of Mr C. French, his Cousin and a member of the Committee of the Club.4
I could still give a little verbal account supplementary to the ascent, but we are too late for printing now Mr Sayers paper. —
Probably you have enough of matter for our next ordinary meeting anyhow.
I am so glad, that Mr Duffy, Capt. Pascoe & yourself have succeeded to induce the Premier5 to telegraph to Sir Graham Berry to see Mr Goeschen6 — only this morning we have telegrams about the British Chancellor speaking sorrowfully about the depressed trade & commerce of Britain, — so our bid of movement here may help to give a lift.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
7 over 6.
Qld.
W. A. Sayer; Sayer (1887) appeared in the July 1887 issue of Victorian Naturalist.
Charles French Snr.
Duncan Gillies.
Respectively Victoria's Agent-General in London and George Goschen, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. The latter had changed the spelling of his family name from Goeschen (or Göschen), but M consistently used the older form.
Please cite as “FVM-87-07-08,” 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