The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. & zool Garden, ¶ 15 July 59. ¶ Sir Henry, ¶ ¶ I beg to inform your Excellency, that the elegantly bound volumes of the transactions of the phil Institute will only be ready to morrow m...

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M59/41, unit 6, VPRS 1096 inward correspondence, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.07.15a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Barkly, 1859-07-15 [59.07.15a]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-07-15a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. & zool Garden,

15 July 59.

Sir Henry,

I beg to inform your Excellency, that the elegantly bound volumes of the transactions of the phil Institute will only be ready to morrow morning, when I shall have the honor to submit them to your Excellency

I have the honor to be

your Excellencys most humble

Ferd. Mueller.

His Excell. Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B.

The Private Secretary, O. Timins, minuted on 15 July 1859: 'Mr [...] will perhaps explain to Dr Mueller that in consequence of press of business caused by the consideration of the Victorian Defences, it will not be in his Excellency's power to forward the transactions of the Phil. Institute by the Present Mail, and therefore will not trouble the Doctor to call tomorrow. His Excellency will be happy to see Dr Mueller on the subject any day next week'. On the same day, Barkly issued a proclamation establishing a Volunteer Corps in Victoria; see Argus, 16 July 1859, p. 5.