GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
MELBOURNE.
5/10/87
Dear Baron Von Mueller —
With reference to the meeting to welcome Mr Cuthbertson1 I am desired by His Excellency the Governor2 to ask you if the 11th of November (Friday) would be a suitable date. His Excellency cannot at this distance of time promise definitely but he would be glad to know if that date would suit the Geographical Society.3
Believe me
yrs sincerely
G. Seymour Fort
Cuthbertson was returning from a successful exploring expedition in New Guinea, and the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch) was planning a pubic welcome.
Sir Henry Loch.
See also M to A. Macdonald, 6 October 1887 (in this edition as 87-10-06a), and G. S. Fort to M, 9 October 1887.
Please cite as “FVM-87-10-05,” 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