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K59/666, unit 843, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.01.27

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy, 1859-01-27. 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/1850-9/1859/59-01-27-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
27. Jan 1859.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, in reply to your communication of the 26 inst.,
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J. Moore to M, 26 January 1859.
that with the concurrence of the zool. Gardens Committee
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At a meeting of the Committee appointed for administering the Zoological Gardens held on 26 January 1859, M was 'desired to recommend to the Hon: the Chief Secretary to defray the amounts yet required for settling the respective accounts from the vote of purchase of animals and to communicate that preparations had been made for the reception of the Alpacas'.
it was arranged, to put the Alpacas after their arrival into the reserve of this garden and to have them supervised by some youth during the days and locked up in a stable, built for their reception, during the nights, if this proposition should be sanctioned by your approval.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c&c&c
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O'Shanassy approved of M's arrangements on 31 January, and asked that the Alpaca fund committee be informed of them.
See also J. Moore to M, 1 February 1859.