Document information

Physical location:

RSA/A/5, minute book, Monthly Meeting of Council, Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 71.09.00a

Preferred Citation:

James Agnew to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-09 [71.09.00a]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-09-00a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

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Letter not found; item is an entry in the minutes of the meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 12 September 1871, reporting Agnew's response to a request from M for help in obtaining botanical specimens from King Island, Tas (see M to J. Agnew, September 1871 (in this edition as 71-09-00)).
[The meeting was informed that the Secretary had replied to the effect that communications with the Island from this port were very infrequent, but he had learned that boats from Queenslcliff
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Vic.
frequently touched there. Of these the Baron could avail himself for sending letters to the Lighthouse keeper (Mr. Spong) who, if properly instructed, was a man of sufficient education and intelligence to make the desired collection.]