The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [a letter from His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, addressed to Dr. Mueller, was read, stating that he was sending to Melbourne for the society some Madagascar quail.]...

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64.01.00a

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Henry Barkly to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-01 [64.01.00a]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-01-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see Argus, 3 March 1864, p. 4. This letter was read at a meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 1 March 1864. The letter is dated to January 1864 as the latest date that it could have been written: the fastest passage time from Port Louis, Mauritius, to Melbourne recorded in early 1864 was Robert Passenger, from 21 January to 25 February, 'Shipping Intelligence', Argus, 25 February 1864, p. 4.

[a letter from His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, addressed to Dr. Mueller, was read, stating that he was sending to Melbourne for the society some Madagascar quail.]