The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden, ¶ 15. Jan. 1861. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the insertion of the byefollowing advertisement in the Gov. Gazette. ¶ ...

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R61/504, unit 749, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.01.15

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Heales, 1861-01-15. 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/1860-9/1861/61-01-15-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,

15. Jan. 1861.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the insertion of the byefollowing advertisement in the Gov. Gazette.

While the original manuscript of the advertisement has not been found, the file cover confirms that it was 'relative to a supply of seeds of the Teaplant'. The advertisement was inserted in Victoria Government Gazette, 18 January 1861, p. 103 (B61.01.01); M offered to supply on personal application 'fresh seeds of the Chinese tea-plant … received from His Excellency Sir H. G. R. Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong, for the purpose of initiating the culture of tea in Australia'.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

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