The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 23/12/66. ¶ Sir Henry ¶ ¶ The friendly interest evinced by your Excellency in my experiments to produce paper from raw material extensively available in Australia induces me t...

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M67/19, unit 21, VPRS 1096 inward correspondence, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.12.23

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Manners-Sutton, 1866-12-23. 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/1860-9/1866/66-12-23-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

For a copy of this letter see National Archives, London, CO309/80, original correspondence, Victoria, despatches 1866, September to December, enclosure 3 to despatch no. 41, p. 340.

Melbourne bot Garden,

23/12/66.

Sir Henry

The friendly interest evinced by your Excellency in my experiments to produce paper from raw material extensively available in Australia induces me to submit to your Excellency a few additional kinds prepared in my laboratory very recently.

See also M to H. Manners-Sutton, 15 December 1866 (in this edition as 66-12-15a).

The admirable paper made of the leaves of Grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea) proves, that also the other Colonies and especially West Australia, where these remarkable plants abound, may take advantage of the results of my experiments, like other colonies, which will profit from the information now obtained on these new resources.

I have the honor to be, Sir Henry,

your most obedient & regardful

Ferd. Mueller

His Excellency

the Honorable Sir Henry Manners-Sutton, K.C.B.,

Governor of Victoria

&c &c &c

MS annotation by Manners-Sutton: 'The Specimens together with a copy of this letter to be enclosed in last written Despatch which will require some verbal alterations'.