Ferdinand von Mueller

MS is a printed certificate, signed by Granville, on which M's name has been entered in ink.

The list of awards in the jury reports (International Exhibition London, 1862 (1863)) reports M received a medal in Class III, 'Substances used for food', section A 'Agricultural Produce', with the citation 'for collection of gypsum models of the fruits and vegetables of the colony. Exceedingly interesting' (p. 9 of report of that class). The corresponding Honourable Mention list for Victoria (p. 13), does not include M. The medal is now at Melbourne Museum, item number NU 22431, having been lodged in 1872 (see M to W. Vale, 5 September 1872); the Museum catalogue includes an image of this and other medals awarded to M. In the official catalogue (International Exhibition London, 1862 (1862), p. 144.) the exhibit was listed as presented by the Victorian Exhibition Commissioners ; M's name was not mentioned.

The Melbourne Museum also has another medal from the exhibition, NU 33514 , awarded for Class IV. International Exhibition London, 1862 (1863) gives the citation 'For a magnificent scientifically-named collection of the woods of the colony' in 'Animal and vegetable substances used in Manufactures', Section C, 'Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures' (p. 49 of the report for that section), The exhibit was catalogued as presented by 'Victorian Exhibition Commissioners'; (International Exhibition London, 1862 (1862), p. 143) but included the comment 'collected under the direction of Dr. Mueller. Government Botanist' The Jury included an extensive report on this exhibit, with comments on several species, on p. 36 of this section in International Exhibition London, 1862 (1863).