24 May 1891.
To Professor J. L. A. de Quatrefages
Member de l'Institute, Commander of the Legion of Honour, President of the Geographic Society of France, etc.
Honored Sir.
It is my pleasing duty to inform you that the Victorian Council of the Royal Geographic Society of Australia has elected you an honorary member in recognition of distinguished services rendered by you through fully sixty years for the advancement of Science, these researches also have vastly extended the knowledge of geography in its application to anthropology and other sciences. In asking you to accept this mark of homage from young Society in antipodal distance, you will recognise the spirit of admiration in which we approach you, and by connecting your celebrated name with our geographic union here, you will elevate and encourage its efforts also in a distant land.
We have the honor to be
Sir,
Your profoundly obedient
(sd) Ferd Von Mueller, President
( " ) A. C. Macdonald Hon. Secy.
MS is a file copy bound with the minutes of the Council meeting of 5 November 1890.
Please cite as “FVM-91-05-24c,” 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