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Physical location:

P85/1873, unit 91, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 85.06.27a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Service, 1885-06-27 [85.06.27a]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-06-27a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

27/6/85.
The honorable James Service, M.L.A.,
Premier of Victoria.
Honored Sir.
May I ask on behalf of the Victorian Branch of [the] geographic Society of Australasia, that you will be pleased to gr[ant] a Deputation of the Council [of] our branch a short interview, at which we are anxious to place the present state of New Guinea Exploration through the funds, generously granted by the Governments of Victoria and New South Wales, before you, and thus to solicit also the continuation of the Victorian grant for an other year.
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MS annotation by J. Service, 29 June 1885: 'Personally arranged this with the Baron today'.
I am, honored Sir, very obediently your
Ferd. von Mueller.