[The Council of the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia has resolved to subsidise the proposed expedition to Mt Owen Stanley1 by £500.]
New Guinea.
Letter not found. The text given here is based on the minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia held on 28 June 1889, where it is reported that M's letter as President to Chalmers, informing him of the Council's resolution, was read; see Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch), vol. 7, part 1 (1889), p. 14. M's letter is dated to March 1889 on the assumption that he would have written it soon after the Council meeting on 1 March at which the subsidy was agreed.
Please cite as “FVM-89-03-00a,” 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