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P85/1279, unit 40, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence, VA 1123 Premier, Public Record Office, Victoria. 85.04.00Preferred Citation:
Heinrich Fayenz to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-04. 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/1880-9/1885/85-04-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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See also M to G. Berry, 31 March 1885.
My dear Baron
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed favour of the 1st April.
Permit me in the first instance to tender you my own personal thanks for the efforts
which have resulted in the valuable gifts refered to therein, and let me beg you to
convey my best thanks to the Hon the Premier and to Professor McCoy for this presentation
from the Government of Victoria to our Scientific Institut.
I shall immideately report in detail to the Minister of the Imperial and Royal Government
on this munificent Contribution of the Victorian Government and from him direct you
will receive an acknowledgement of this generous Gift, and on the arrival of the shipment
for the safety of which I shall cause all care to be taken.
may I beg you to make the Contents of this letter known to the Hon James Service,
Premier of Victoria, and to Professor McCoy, and to assure both of my kindly remembrance
and grateful feeling.
With the highest esteem I have the honour to be my dear Baron
Your most obedient
H. Fayenz
[…] Capt.
Baron Ferdinand Müller K.C.M.G. etc.
Government Botanist
Melbourne