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No. 1582, unit 3, p. 164, VPRS 1187 outward correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.07.20Preferred Citation:
John Moore to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1858-07-20. 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//letters/1850-9/1858/58-07-20-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
20 July 1858
Referring to the statement of your willingness to act on the Comittee for the management
of the proposed Zoological Gardens,
I have the honor to inform you that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint you to be a member of the Committee the other members of which are named on
the margin
1
See M to J. O'Shanassy, 7 July 1858.
2
S. G. Evans [G. S. Evans, see M to J. Oshanassy, 7 July 1858, n. 2], C. Pasley, F. McCoy, M, F. Selwyn, T. Black, T. Embling, D. S. Campbell,
H. J. Chambers, W. H. Archer. In letters to these members an extra paragraph was added
to the above circular: 'Further I have to inform you that Dr Mueller has consented
to act as Hony Secretary & that he will convene a preliminary meeting at an early
day'.
signed J. Moore
Dr Mueller
Government Botanist
Melbourne