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Physical location:

GRG 35/20/53, 81/38, outward letter press copy books, p. 38, Department of Lands, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 82.01.04

Preferred Citation:

Frederick Frost to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-01-04. 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/1880-9/1882/82-01-04-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

4th January, 81
1
The letter is a reply to M to G. Goyder, 29 November 1881 (in this edition as 81-11-29a). Frost has evidently given the incorrect year.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th November last, suggesting that a list of the plants collected by the late Deputy Surveyor General
2
William Christie Gosse died on 12 August 1881 (South Australian advertiser, 13 August 1881, p. 6).
be appended to his journal, and to state, that unfortunately the journals were reprinted before your letter was received, or the suggestion contained therein, would have been carried out.
3
Gosse (1874) was a Parliamentary Paper. Reissues are not separately listed in the Schedule of the papers laid before both houses… from June, 1881 to the end of the year 1900. Details of a reissue have not been found.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
F. R. C. Frost
pro Surveyor General
Baron Von Mueller
Melbourne.