The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Hearty congratulations on completion of your 70th year. We are proud of the distinctions you have won as an old resident of South Australia, and hope you will be spared for many years to continue your...

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95.06.30

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Samuel Way to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1895-06-30. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/95-06-30>, accessed September 11, 2025

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Baron von Mueller', Advertiser (Adelaide), 2 July 1895, p. 4. The telegram is assumed to have been sent on M's birthday, and is dated accordingly. The text is introduced by 'The following telegrams have passed between his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Baron Von Mueller—'.

Hearty congratulations on completion of your 70th year. We are proud of the distinctions you have won as an old resident of South Australia, and hope you will be spared for many years to continue your services to science. —

Lieutenant Governor .

In 1890, Way had been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of SA for life. See also M to S. Way, 30 June 1895 (in this edition as 95-06-30a).