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No. 41, unit 2, p. 120, VPRS 1092 Governor's letter books, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.07.11Preferred Citation:
Octavius Timins to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1860-07-11. 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/1860-9/1860/60-07-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
11th July 1860
Sir,
I am instructed by the Governor to send you a copy of a Despatch which His Excellency
has recently received, thanking you for your communication of the 17th January addressed
to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
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On 19 April 1860, the Duke of Newcastle wrote to the Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry
Barkly: 'I request that you will acquaint Dr Mueller, the President of the Royal Society
of Victoria, that I have received his letter of the 17th January. In conveying my
thanks to Dr Mueller for his communication, you will express my gratification at having
been the means of assisting in any degree, however small, the cause of Science in
Australia' (No. 24, unit 13, p. 183, VPRS 1087, Public Record Office, Victoria).
I am &c
(sd) O. F. Timins
Dr Mueller