To the Royal Geographical Society   24 June 1891

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Henry John Hemmy Esqr

Description

Licensed Surveyor of Queensland

Residence

Surveyor Generals Office, Brisbane, He positioned, fixed and mapped in Mr Bevan’s last expedition into British New Guinea the Jubilee- and the Douglas River.
 

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 24 day of June 1891

 

Baron von Mueller, M.D., FRS,

F.R.G.S

{ From personal Knowledge

A.O. Sachse C.E.

F.R.G.S.

1

F.R.G.S.
 
 

Proposed

10thNov

1891

Elected

23rd——

1891
 

Never Qualified2

1
The name H. K. Rusden is deleted in the third supporter’s position of the certificate. Rusden had resigned as FRGS on 2 February 1891, so was not eligible to sign.
2
Never Qualified in another hand. [i.e. did not pay the subscription].

Please cite as “FVM-91-06-24,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-06-24