The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden, ¶ 5. Nov. 1860. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit your permission of having the following advertisement inserted into the Governments Gazette. ¶ I have the honor to...

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P60/10118, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.11.05a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Moore, 1860-11-05 [60.11.05a]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-11-05a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,

5. Nov. 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit your permission of having the following advertisement inserted into the Governments Gazette.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

Mr Undersecretary Moore.

&c&c&c

Permission was granted. The MS of the notice, surely sent as an enclosure, has not been found. The text given below is from Victoria — Government Gazette (No. 142), 9 November 1860, p. 2138 (B60.11.02).

Zoological Gardens,

Melbourne, 5th November, 1860.

ANGORA GOATS

The Committee of the Zoological Gardens being desirous to increase as far as possible the breed of the Angora goats throughout the colony: Notice is hereby given that henceforth a limited number of purely white female goats will be admitted to the Angoras at the Zoological Garden.

(By Order of the Committee) FERD. MUELLER,

Director of the Zoological Gardens.