Ferdinand von Mueller

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Letter not found.The text given here is from 'The Ladies' Leichhardt's Search Expedition', Argus, 31 July 1865, p. 6 (B65.07.07). The text accompanied a request by M that it be published (M to the Editor of the Argus, July 1865 (in this edition as 65-07-00)).

Union Club, Sydney, 21st July.

My dear Sir, —

You will be glad to learn that a motion I had the pleasure to bring forward in the Queensland House of Assembly, for a vote of £1,000 in aid of the 'Leichardt Search Fund,' was carried by a large majority.

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For a report of the debate on 4 July, including the opposition arguments, see 'The Leichhardt Search Fund', Brisbane courier, 5 July 1865, p. 3; the motion was carried in a Division by 19 votes to 7.

As one interested, both in the fate of Leichardt and in the prosperity of Queensland, you will be gratified that such a tribute has been paid to the memory of your friend and countryman, and that, while assistance so substantial has been added to the generous efforts stimulated by yourself and others in Victoria and in South Australia to prosecute the intended search, Queensland, true to the prestige she has acquired for intelligence and enterprise, has not been unmindful of the great benefits she has derived from the successful labours of her earliest and most intrepid explorer.

Dr. Mueller, F.R.S., &c.