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No. 4273, p. 1149, unit 52, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria 79.10.08b

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-10-08 [79.10.08b]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-10-08b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 8. October 1879.
Sir,
I have the honor by direction of the Chief Secretary to acquaint you that you have been appointed with the gentlemen named in the margin
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Marked in margin: 'Mr William Henry Odgers | [Mr] Thomas R. Wilson | [Mr] R. L. J. Ellery'.
to represent this Department at the Social Science Congress to be held in Melbourne in connection with the approaching Exhibition.
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International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880-1. James Thompson, Secretary of Committees for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880 had written to the Chief Secretary on 17 September 1879 (Q79/8571, unit 1102, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 860 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria) pointing out that
As there are many subjects of special interest to your Department likely to be brought forward, the Committee will be glad to receive the names of any three of your gentlemen you may please to appoint, in order that they may be included in the list of delegates upon whom the details of the Congress will devolve.
A circular was enclosed which stated that the Congress would be
based on the same principle as that which is annually held under the auspices of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, and resembling, in point of detail, the successful series held during the recent [1878] Paris Exhibition.'
Copies of the circular were forwarded to M, the Secretary of the Central Board of Health and the Government Astronomer.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W. H. Odgers
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For reply, see M to W. Odgers, 9 October 1879.
Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller K.C.M.G.
Government Botanist