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From Alexander Magarey to Ferdinand von Mueller   27 Mar 18911

27.3.91

Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller K.C.M.G.

President Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

Melbourne, Victoria

Will you kindly appoint an experienced surveyor as Second in Command and send him to Adelaide at convenience Salary three to five hundred2

for Thos. Elder

A. T. Magarey

Hon. Sec Adelaide Branch

1

MS is a telegram.

2

William Tietkens had been offered the position of Second in Command of the forthcoming Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, but he had declined it; see A. Margery to M, 28 March 1891.

Please cite as “FVM-91-03-27,” 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/91-03-27