The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: New Zealand Institute. ¶ Whereas by the Statutes of the New Zealand Institute, established under the provisions of "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," of the General Assembly of New Zealand, for th...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M200a.9, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 71.04.25

Preferred Citation:

the New Zealand Institute to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-25. 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/1870-9/1871/71-04-25-final.odt>, accessed May 10, 2026

MS is a certificate, bearing the seal of the Institute at the bottom of the page.

New Zealand Institute.

Whereas by the Statutes of the New Zealand Institute, established under the provisions of "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," of the General Assembly of New Zealand, for the promotion of Science, Arts, and Literature, provision is made for the Election of Honorary Members by the Board of Governors from persons who shall have been nominated for such honorary membership by the Societies incorporated under the Act:

This is to certify

That Ferdinand von Mueller G.C.M. M.D. FRS. Director of the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne was on the sixth day of January 1871 duly elected, in accordance with the provisions of the said Statutes, to be an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Institute, in recognition of the services he has rendered to the Colony by his contributions to its Botany, as published in his "Fragmenta Phytographieae

Phytographiae; there are no closing quotation marks.

and other works.

Given this 25th day of April in the year 18 71.

G. F. Bowen	President.
James Hector	Manager.