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No. 478, pp. 776-7, unit 69, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria 85.02.18Preferred Citation:
Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-02-18. 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/1880-9/1885/85-02-18-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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Document is a circular (p. 776) to 20 addressees listed on p. 777.
Melbourne, 18 Feby. 1885
Sir
I have the honor, by direction, to inform you that a Commission has been appointed
to manage all matters connected with the representation of this Colony at the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition to be held in London next year and that the Chief Secretary
is very desirous that the various Government Departments may be represented in the
Exhibition as fully as may be found practicable. A copy of the prospectus issued by
the Government is enclosed for your information.
If you consider that your Department can be beneficially represented at the Exhibition
you are invited to attend personally or to send a representative to a conference it
has been decided to hold at the Melbourne Town Hall at 3.30 p.m. on Monday the 23rd
instant at which the nature and extent of the contributions to be furnished by each
Department can be fully discussed.
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Prospectus not found.
The President and Secretary of the Commission will be present on the occasion in order
to afford all necessary information in connection with the Exhibition.
As soon as possible after the holding of the conference I shall be glad to be informed
what expenditure will probably be incurred in the representation of your Department
at the Exhibition.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. R. Wilson
The Government Botanist