The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Department of Lands & Survey ¶ Melbourne, 12th. July, 1860. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 6th instant in reply to my communication of the 4th. idem, ¶ and ...

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60/919, unit 6, p. 80, VPRS 7935/P1, outward letterbooks to the general public, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.07.12b

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Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1860-07-12 [60.07.12b]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-07-12b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Department of Lands & Survey

Melbourne, 12th. July, 1860.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 6th instant in reply to my communication of the 4th. idem,

See C. Hodgkinson to M, 4 July 1860 (in this edition as 60-07-04b), and the notes thereto.

and I am directed to inform you that Mr. Service considers it desirable that the names of the various animals in the Zoological Gardens should be exhibited and I am to request that you will have the goodness to adopt such an arrangement for this purpose as your judgment may suggest.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedt. Servant

Dy. S. General

Deputy Surveyor General.

& Secretary

There is no signature on the copy.

F. Mueller Esq.

&c, &c, &c,

Melbourne.