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M65/59, unit 6, VPRS 1096 inward correspondence, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.09.07a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Octavius Timins, 1859-09-07 [59.09.07a]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-09-07a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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For a copy of this letter, see Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , vol. 4 (1860), p. xxv.
Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,
7. Sept. 1859.
Sir
I have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a communication,
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O. Timins to M, 7 September 1859.
with which I am honored by His Excellency the Governor, in reference to a desire of the Java Society of Sciences and arts, to open a literary intercourse with the scientific institutions of Victoria, and I beg, Sir, in reply to state, that I shall not fail to lay at an early date your letter and those of the British Consul of Java and of the Director of the society for sciences and arts in that Island, before the council of the philosophical Institute of Victoria, and do whatever lies in my power to initiate and promote a correspondence, which cannot but be of the highest mutual advantage to both colonies.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller, M.D., Ph.D.,
pr. temp. President of the phil. Institute of
Victoria.
Capt. O. F. Timins &c &c &c
Private Secretary to His Excellency. Governor Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., &c &c &c
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The letters were read to an ordinary meeting of the Philosophical Institute on 5 October 1859 by the Secretary, J. Macadam. The meeting decided to refer the letters to the Institute's Council. See Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , vol. 4 (1860), pp. xxv-xxvi.