From Robert Watson to Ferdinand von Mueller   4 May 1889

4 May [188]91

My dear Baron

The specified time for the completion of the Myrtleford and Bright line2 is First day of October 1889. I venture therefore to hope it may be available for the Excursion you mention in January 1890.3

I am, dear Sir

Yours faithfully

Robt Watson

Engr in Chief

The Baron Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c

editorial addition.

Vic.

See M to R. Watson, 3 May 1889 (in this edition as 89-05-03d). An excursion was being planned to follow the Congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held in Melbourne in January 1890.

Please cite as “FVM-89-05-04a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-05-04a