Adelaide, June 9th, 1891.
The Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G.,
Melbourne.
My Dear Baron,
Count Wachtmeister and myself have just seen Sir Thomas Elder. He desires that the enquiry be made, and official reply obtained from the proper authorities at Stockholm, as to the actual cost estimated to place the Expedition to the Antarctic upon a quite efficient and satisfactory basis. Upon receiving to this enquiry a reply that £15,000 will be really amply sufficient, Sir Thomas holds himself ready to pay his promise of £5,000. If you will obtain this reply through the Swedish Consul-General it will expedite matters very greatly. The Count is also writing you. I am compelled to close for this day's mail.
Very faithfully, Sir,
Yours,
A. T. MAGAREY, Hon. Sec.
P.S.—A cable enquiry will be necessary to save time.
Letter not found. For the text given here, see Swedish-Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Correspondence with the Hon. Sir Thomas Elder, G.C.M.G. and with the Royal Academy of Science Stockholm, privately printed, ‘Only to be perused by the Members of the Antarctic Committee’, 22 July 1892 (X919.45 MAC, Library, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne), p. 4. Text also published in Potter (1896), p. 147.
Please cite as “FVM-91-06-09,” 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