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LS/2/90/309 inward letters, Secretary for Crown Lands (86/332, Forests and Agricultural Branch), National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. 86.07.05

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Kirk, 1886-07-05. 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/1880-9/1886/86-07-05-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Melbourne
5 July 1886
Prof. Kirk, FLS,
Chief Conservator of State-Forests of New Zealand.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 14 June,
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See T. Kirk to M, 14 June 1886.
I have the honor to inform you, that of the seeds, desired for the N. Z. Forest Department, the 50 lb of Eucalyptus rostrata will be sen[t]
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Brackets correspond to where MS has been damaged by fire.
early next week. All the other sorts, specially required, have wholly or partly to be collected; but of those of E. marginata[,] E. regnans, E. Leucoxylon, E. obliqua and E. Gunnii a portion will be early […] and the rest […]sively, so that […] all events a portion of all these sorts will be available for early sowing, so soon as the frosty season has passed. Thus only the seeds of E. siderophloia may not be in time obtainable, altho' they will be also within reach during the spring or summer.
Each successive sending of seeds will be announced by a letter, accompanied by a bill of lading, and of each consignment will be rendered a separate special account.
I have the honor to be your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller