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  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Mandeville, 1876-10-??.
    ¶ [Baron Von Mueller advising of consignment of seeds for Hummocks planting.]...
    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-10-18.
      25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Oct 18th 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines chiefly to beg you if not done already kindly to send off the Gramineae and Ferns as soon as possible ¶ I begin ...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to James Neild, 1876-10-23.
        Monday ¶ ¶ I am invited, dear Dr Neild, to meet on Wednesday evening the Countess Bussy at Mr Harkers place. It will therefore be at a late hour only, that I can join the medical fete, too late for t...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Malcolm Fraser, 1876-10-26.
          26/10/76 ¶ ¶ I feel under deep obligation, dear Mr Fraser, for the generous efforts, which his Excellency has made on my behalf, and which after nearly 30 years toil in Australia may at last brighten...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Luigi Torelli, 1876-12-28.
            Melbourne 28 December 1876 ¶ Dear Count, ¶ ¶ Your communication ¶ greatly honours me, and likewise the confidence you show in me by consulting me regarding the plantings of Eucalyptus that ought to ...
            • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-01-11.
              Chief Secretary's Office. ¶ Melbourne ¶ 11th Jany ¶ 187 ¶ [7] ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith the document noted in the margin, ¶ received from the ¶ Royl. Acady. of Sciences, Mu...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1877-01-18.
                18/1/77. ¶ ¶ As far as I know, dear Mr Shillinglaw, it is only necessary, that I should write to the Secretary of the R.G.S. about your candidature. ¶ If however you prefer to make out a document, I...
                • [George Goyder] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-01-26.
                  [ ¶ Giles' Journal (pp 18*/75.6) ¶ E.Giles (1876), published as Parliamentary Paper no. 18*for 1876 session.Itwasevidently this set that was acknowledged in M to [G. Goyder], 31 January 1877 (in this ...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-02-12.
                    12/2/77. ¶ ¶ The two case with filices, dear Mr Bentham, will go by the "Newcastle" to Kew. I have not inserted the last supplements, as in the still ruined state of my Department I can only work a f...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1877-03-26.
                      CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow. ¶ Dated th...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bennett, 1877-04-??.
                        ¶ The discovery of Banksia, as demonstrated by the collection of fruit, modifies my remarks in reference to the non-Australian type of the vegetation of the Fly River. ¶ Among the fruits is a new Sl...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Read, 1877-05-??.
                          ¶ [Baron Von Mueller notifying that he had forwarded a bag of fresh creeping grass for planting out on drift sand.]...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Regel, 1877-05-??.
                            ¶ [Eucalyptus rostrata. Baron F. v. Müller writes to us from Melbourne that this species tolerates greater cold than E. globulus and likewise more humid heat; therefore he has recommended this specie...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Engelmann, 1877-05-10.
                              Melbourne, 10/5/77 ¶ ¶ It was very kind of you, esteemed Doctor, to take the time with Dr Barroeta ¶ regarding information about industrial plants of Mexico. Therefore I have then also turned direct...
                              • Henry Read to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-05-26.
                                26. May. [18]77. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks, receipt by steamer of a bag of roots of plants for sowing in drift sand. ¶ ¶ The plants have been set, and are likely to do we...
                                • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-06-26.
                                  Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 26 June 1877 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you that the Chief Secretary has been requested to furnish to the Government of India at the proper season of t...
                                  • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-06-26.
                                    Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 26 June 1877 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor by direction to inform you that the Chief Secretary has been pleased to appoint a Board consisting of the gentlemen named...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1877-06-27.
                                      Melbourne 27 June 1877 ¶ W. H. Odgers Esqr ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In compliance with the request of the hon. the Chief Secretary, ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith four ounces of fresh se...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1877-07-25.
                                        ¶ [Any objection to his sharing in Colac Railway festival] ¶ The register records that M'sletter was returned tohimon 26 July 1877 minuted: ‘no objection’.Over 400 people joined the special train to ...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1877-07-25.
                                          QUARTERLY ESTIMATE. ¶ To the Honorable ¶ the Chief Secretary ¶ Sir ¶ , ¶ I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate* of Expenditure during the ¶ two months ¶ ending ¶ 31st Augu...
                                          • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-07-26.
                                            Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 26 July 1877 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed to transmit for your perusal a copy of a recent Despatch by the Right Honble. The Secretary of State on the subject of the s...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1877-07-30.
                                              30/7/77. ¶ ¶ Let me congratulate yourself, dear Mr Ramsay, to your important zoologic successes. How envyable a position, to be at an institution rich in material & ¶ working means ¶ . How sad my po...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1877-08-07.
                                                Copy ¶ Melbourne, 7/8/77. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In compliance with the request conveyed in your letter of 26th July, I have the honor to submit the following remarks on Dr C. Brown's publication on the forest-sc...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1877-08-11.
                                                  11/8/77. ¶ ¶ Your telegram ¶ came in time for my lecture, dear Mr Ramsay; I had overlooked the Rev Mr Canon King, but not the others. The lecture was a long one, as I referred to about 170 Clergymen...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Harrie Wood, 1877-09-01.
                                                    1/9/77 ¶ To the Undersecretary of the Mining Department ¶ Sydney. ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ Pray convey to the hon the Minister and the Secretary of the Mining Department of N S Wales my grateful acknowledgment of ...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1877-09-26.
                                                      Melbourne ¶ 26/9/77. ¶ The honorable Graham Berry ¶ Chief Secretary. ¶ Sir...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1877-09-27.
                                                        ¶ According to instructions seeds of four of the desired Acacias have been procured, all fresh of the season. The fifth sort, that of the Myall, is not available at present in quantity, but can be ob...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1877-09-28.
                                                          Friday ¶ Letter dated to 28 September, the Friday beforeThursday4 October when M was planning to leave for WA(see M to G. Berry, 26 September 1877). ¶ ¶ For the sake of my health, dear Mr Shillinglaw...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Bailey, 1877-09-29.
                                                            Melbourne ¶ 29/9/77. ¶ ¶ You were quite right, dear Mr Bailey, in referring your little Orchid to Bolbophyll. ¶ lichenastrum. It is a much larger form than the one I described; its leaves are twice ...
                                                            • James Agnew to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-10-08.
                                                              ¶ [Thanks for copy "Select Plts"] ¶ B76.12.04. M's donation was acknowledgedPapers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmaniafor 1877(1878),p. 93, in a report of the meeting held 15 October 187...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-10-10.
                                                                10/10/77 ¶ On board of the "Siam" ¶ ¶ I write a few lines on the mail steamer, dear Mr Bentham, now near King George's Sound, ¶ WA. ¶ ¶ where we will land to morrow. I suddenly resolved to embark, a...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Harry Ord, 1877-11-20.
                                                                  Perth, 20 Nov. 1877. ¶ To his Excellency General Sir Harry Ord, C.B., ¶ K.C.M.G., Governor of West Australia, &c. ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit your Excellency, to be admitted for naturalisa...
                                                                  • Roger Goldsworthy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-11-26.
                                                                    1877 26 Novr ¶ Perth ¶ Baron Ferd. Von Mueller ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter of the 26th ¶ instant wherein you apply to become a naturalised British Subject in this Colony I am directed by His Excelle...
                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Miguel Colmeiro y Penido, 1878-??-??.
                                                                      [ ¶ I asked Dr. Colmeiro, the meritorious Director of the Natural History Museum and Botanic Garden of Madrid, to send me an original specimen of Cavanilles' plant, if such was there still extant. Wit...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Henry Archer, 1878-??-??.
                                                                        Tuesday ¶ ¶ The house in Albert Park, dear Chev. Archer, at which we looked, is purchasable with the ground for £1700. -. -. The builder cannot make much profit at that. Had I enjoyed during my offic...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Forrest, 1878-02-14.
                                                                          14/2/78. ¶ ¶ Private ¶ ¶ Amidst the Valentine joys of others, dear Mr Forrest, this is a day of sad disappointment to me. I went to Mr Fraser ¶ Malcolm Fraser, Surveyor-General of WA. ¶ ¶ this morn...
                                                                          • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-02-23.
                                                                            Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 23 February 1878 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor by desire of the Chief Secretary to ask your attention without further delay to the letter addressed to you from this...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1878-02-28.
                                                                              28/2/78. ¶ ¶ I write this to you, dear Mr Bentham, from near the Grampians, ¶ being engaged as a Commissioner with 6 members of our Parliament, to enquire into the prospect of continuing the supply ...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1878-03-05.
                                                                                Melbourne, ¶ 5/3/78 ¶ W. H. Odgers Esqr ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1878-03-26.
                                                                                  [Reqn ¶ Requisition. ¶ for printing & binding] ¶ M’s requisition was approved and forwarded to the Government Printer on 5 April 1878....
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Francis Gibbes, 1878-04-25.
                                                                                    F. Von Mueller ¶ Thursday ¶ 1878 ¶ ¶ I feel honored, dear Mr Gibbs, ¶ Error for Gibbes, the long-term secretary,Victorian Academy of Arts. ¶ ¶ with your kind invitation on behalf of the council of t...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1878-04-26.
                                                                                      26/4/78. ¶ The honorable Graham Berry, ¶ Chief Secretary ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ Assuming, that you would not object to my absense from Friday noon til Monday, ¶ I have after waiting at your Office gone to the c...
                                                                                      • Gustave Beckx to Count d’Aspremont Lynden, 1878-06-10.
                                                                                        Belgian Consulate-General ¶ Melbourne, 10 June 1878. ¶ Minister, ¶ ¶ I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch dated 13 March last, [Division] C, no. 8246 ¶ 6 ¶ , by which you request...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Malcolm Fraser, 1878-07-07.
                                                                                          7/7/78. ¶ ¶ I write a few lines, dear Mr Fraser, to ask you to extend kindly the term of my reselecting until Mr Forrests return. It can make no difference to the W. A. Government, whether the select...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Roger Goldsworthy, 1878-08-26.
                                                                                            26/8/78. ¶ ¶ Pray, dear Mr Goldsworthy, to convey to his Excellency my thankful acknowledgement for having kindly extended the time for my selection the land on Giles behalf. ¶ Ernest Giles;see M to ...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1878-09-07.
                                                                                              Melbourne ¶ 7/9/78. ¶ The honorable Graham Berry, Chief Secretary ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to ask respectfully, whether it would meet with your approbation to open up a communication with the Gover...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1878-10-10.
                                                                                                Melbourne, 10/10/78 ¶ Dear Dr Hector ¶ ¶ I have to dictate this letter for you from my sickbed, but I wish to acknowledge at once the receipt of volume VIII of the New Zealand Institute which arrived...
                                                                                                • James Neild to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-10-26.
                                                                                                  VERY IMPORTANT ¶ Medical Society of Victoria. ¶ Melbourne, October 26, 1878. ¶ Sir, ¶ A SPECIAL MEETING of the Medical Society of Victoria will be held in the Hall of the Society, on Tuesday Evening n...
                                                                                                  • Alexander Forrest to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-10-26.
                                                                                                    Perth ¶ 26th Oct 78 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I leave here in a month for the Grey River. ¶ I am then to explore the whole of the watershed on the North Coast ¶ as far as Port Darwin. This will be a very...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Harry Ord, 1878-11-08.
                                                                                                      Melbourne, 8 November 1878. ¶ To His Excellency, General Sir H. Ord, K.C.M.G., ¶ Governor of West Australia. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ Availing myself of the privilege, granted so considerately by your Excellency, ...
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