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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Davenport   4 Apr 18911

Kindly ascertain from Sir Thomas Elder whether he wishes expedition2 mainly geographic finishing quick one year or also to search pastoral mining country this will affect working instructions

Baron von Mueller

Sir Saml Davenport

Presdt Royal Geog Socy3

1

MS is a telegram, date-stamped ‘April 4 1891’ on arrival in Adelaide. For the reply see A. Magarey to M, 4 April 1891 (in this edition as 91-04-04b).

2

Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2.

3

MS annotation [by Elder]: 'Exploration for full examination of country — Time no object'.

Please cite as “FVM-91-04-04a,” 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/91-04-04a