Splendid rains here; 5 inches. This ought to suit your exploring party.1
The main group of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition left Adelaide by train on 22 April 1891 for Warrina, followed on 27 April by the leader David Lindsay and the expedition doctor; the exploration caravan left Warrina on 2 May, initially hampered by floods. See Lindsay (1893), pp. 15ff.
Telegram not found. The text given here is from Herald (Melbourne), 31 January 1891, p. 1. The text of the telegram is introduced by 'In connection with the exploring party, the cost of which Sir Thomas Elder has undertaken to defray, Baron von Mueller this morning received the following telegram from Alice Springs, on the overland telegraph line:—'. The Herald was an afternoon and evening paper, and the telegram is dated to the date of issue.
Please cite as “FVM-91-01-31b,” 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