The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Dr ¶ Mueller ¶ also laid before the council a letter he had received from Dr. Saenger, of Moscow, in answer to one which he had written ¶ making inquiries about the possibility of procuring fro...

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64.11.00d

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Nikolai Saenger to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-11 [64.11.00d]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-11-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see report of the meeting of the council of the Acclimatisation Society held on 7 February 1865 (Age, 9 February 1865, p. 5). The letter is dated to November 1864 as the latest likely date that it could have been written to reach Melbourne in early February.

[Dr Mueller also laid before the council a letter he had received from Dr. Saenger, of Moscow, in answer to one which he had written

Letter not found.

making inquiries about the possibility of procuring from there ova of the sturgeon, for introduction to Australian waters. Dr. Saenger is of opinion that the attempt would almost certainly fail, but promised to make further inquiries into the matter.]