The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 7th September 1859 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Governor to forward to you the enclosed documents, ¶ which His Excellency has this day received, and to request you to call the attention of the Me...

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No. 27, unit 2, pp. 84-5, VPRS 1092 Governor's letter books, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.09.07

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Octavius Timins to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-09-07. 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/1850-9/1859/59-09-07-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

For a copy of this letter see Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , vol. 4 (1860), p. xxv.

7th September 1859

Sir,

I am directed by the Governor to forward to you the enclosed documents,

On 28 March 1859, the Director and Librarian of the Society of Arts and Sciences, Batavia, Mr Munnich, wrote to the British Consul in Batavia, A. Fraser, soliciting his assistance in establishing friendly intercourse between the Society of Arts and Sciences and scientific institutions in the Cape of Good Hope and Australia. Fraser forwarded a copy of Munnich's letter to the Governor of Victoria, H. Barkly, on 13 June 1859. See Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , vol. 4 (1860), pp. xxv-xxvi.

which His Excellency has this day received, and to request you to call the attention of the Members of the Philosophical Institute to Mr Samuel's

Error by Timins? Printed text has Munnich's.

application for scientific Papers, and to the desirableness generally of establishing friendly relations with the Society of Arts and Sciences in the neighbouring island of Java.

I have &c

(sd) O. F. Timins

Dr Mueller

&c&c&c

See also M to O. Timins, 7 September 1859 (in this edition as 59-09-07a).