[The Hon. Secretary read a letter received from the President of the Geographical Society of Berne, Switzerland,1 inviting the members of this Society to the meeting of the International Congress of Geographical Societies at Berne, in August 1891.2 The translation of the reply sent by the President was also read.3]
Charles Albert Gobat (1843-1914), lawyer, educational administrator, politician, Nobel Peace Prize 1902 (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1902/gobat/biographical/ accessed 17 July 2026).
For copy of an invitation circular addressed to Presidents of other societies, see International Geographical Congress Bern, Switzerland (1892), Compte Rendu, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.
M was scheduled to present a paper on 'Expeditionen in New Guinea, Polynesien und Nordenskjöld's Süd-polarexpeditionen' at the session of 11 August 1891, but the report of the session states 'M. le baron de Müller; n'étant pas présent pour donner sa conference', it was not delivered (vol. 1, p. 71). No published version of such a text has been found.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch) held on 5 November 1890, Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch), Part II, Volume 8 (1891), p. 63. The preceding Council meeting had been held on 6 October and M's letter must have been written after that; it is dated to October as the earliest date it could have been written.
Please cite as “FVM-90-10-00o,” 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