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62.05.00g

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H. L. Butler to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-05 [62.05.00g]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-05-00g-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of a meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria held on 17 June, in Age (Melbourne), 19 June 1862, p. 4. The letter is dated to May on the basis that it is the likely latest date of the letter as the mails from Calcutta of 9 May arrived in Melbourne per Bombay on 10 June ( Argus , 11 June 1862, p. 5). The correspondent is given as H. L. Butler, as this is the person who had correspondence with the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria over the supply of animals. Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Council minutes for 17 June 1862 (Unit 1, p. 196, VPRS 2223, Public Record Office, Victoria), confirm that the letter was addressed to M.
[ A letter was also read from Mr. Butler, of Calcutta, offering his services in procuring for the society any specimens of Indian animals or birds.]
2
The newspaper account reports that the Council resolved that Butler should be informed that 'the great desire of the Council is at present only to introduce such animals as are useful, and have been domesticated in their native country.' See also G. Sprigg to M, 18 June 1862 (in this edition as 62-06-18a).