Document information

Physical location:

ML MSS.774/1 General and Administrative Council minute book, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney. 83.10.06

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmond Marin La Meslée, 1883-10-06. 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/1880-9/1883/83-10-06-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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Letter not found; item is an entry in the minutes of a meeting of the Council of the NSW Branch of the Geographical Society of Australasia held on 15 October 1883. The report continues: ' It was directed that the offer be accepted with thanks'. The date of M's letter is given in the reply, R. Martin to M, 19 November 1883.
[From Baron von Müller undertaking to subscribe £10.0.0 to the New Guinea Exploration Fund and to Examine and report upon all plant collections which may be made by the Society in that region]