The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, ¶ 29 March 1887. ¶ The honorable Professor Pearson, M.A., M.L.C., ¶ Acting Chief Secretary. ¶ Sir....

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J87/3194, unit 281, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 87.03.29

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Pearson, 1887-03-29. 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/1880-9/1887/87-03-29-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

Melbourne,

29 March 1887.

The honorable Professor Pearson, M.A., M.L.C.,

Acting Chief Secretary.

Sir.

I have the honor to report, that of the lithographic illustrations of Australian Acacias, approved last year, two decades are now ready, of which I beg to send copies herewith.

B87.13.04.

As 40 more plates are now already lithographed, several other decades can soon appear. I therefore beg to submit for your favorable consideration, that the successive decades, as they appear, may be sent out, and I forward herewith a list of such institutions and recipients, to whom I would recommend the work to be given.

The list given here is now filed separately, at P87/931 unit 163, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria, but is almost certainly what M sent. The separate filing is explained by a later note in the file from E. Thomas, Secretary to the Premier, when he returned the by then bulky file to the Chief Secretary's Department: 'File returned to the Under Secretary with thanks. The approved list of distributions has been withdrawn for reference in this office'.

Nearly all these send reciprocally publications of their own; the few others mentioned have either rendered important services to the Department, or are for scientific special reasons deserving of this consideration of the Government.

M's letter was forwarded to the Premier's Office on 1 April 1887 (P87/931, VPRS 1164, vol. 6, Public Record Office, Victoria). It was returned on 18 April with a note from the Secretary, E. Thomas: 'Mr Gillies directs me to enquire what the total cost of this work will be'. H. Moors, for the Under Secretary, asked the Government Printer to 'supply the information desired by the Hon. the Premier'. On 26 April the Acting Government Printer, R. Brain, replied: 'Three decades have now been published. The printing and binding only of these were done here and that cost £103. The litho. drafting was executed elsewhere the cost being defrayed by Baron von Mueller. I am therefore unable to state the total cost of production, or whether the three decades complete the work.' The next day Moors asked M to be 'good enough to furnish the information required by the Hon the Premier'. See M to H. Moors, 28 April 1887, for his reply.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Gov. Botanist.

Proposed recipients of the work on Acacia

Academy	of Science	Philadelphia
"	"	San Francisco

Konglinga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academien, Stockholm, Sweden

Kgl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Goettingen, Germany

Kgl. Baierische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften München, Germany

Physiographic Society, Lund, Sweden

Academy of Science, Madrid, Spain

Imperial Academy of Science, St. Petersburg

Academia Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolina, Halle a/S., Germany

Royal Academy of Science, Amsterdam

Royal Academy of Science, Lisbon, Portugal

Academie royale des sciences, lettres et beaux arts, Bruxelles, Belgium

Société nationale d'acclimatation, Rue de Lille, Paris

Department of Agriculture, Washington

Agri- and Horticultural Society, Calcutta

K. K. Oesterreichischer Apotheker Verein, Wien, Austria

Bailey, F. M., Govt. Botanist, Brisbane

Baillon, Professor H., 12 Rue Cuvier, Paris

Beccari, Dr., […]

Space left in MS.

Florence, Italy

M. le Redacteur de al Belgique Horticole, Liége, Belgium

Botanisk Forening, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kgl. Botanische Gesellschaft, Regensburg, Germany

Royal Botanical Society, Edinburgh

Botanische Gesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany

Inspector of Forests, Adelaide

Museum of Natural History (Botanic Section), South Kensington, London

Muséum d'Historie Naturelle, Paris

Editor of the Journal of Botany, British Museum, South Kensington, London

Candolle, M. le professeur A. de, Geneva, Switzerland

Caruel, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Florence, Italy

Chief Secretary's Office, Melbourne

Cooper, Captain Elwood, Santa Barbara, California

Société d'Agriculture d'Alger, Algeria

Royal Botanical Society, London

Director des botanischen Gartens, Wien, Austria

Royal Colonial Institute, London

Dyer, W. T., C.M.G. FRS, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, London

Davis, George, Medical Publisher, Detroit, Mich. United States

Engler, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Breslau, Germany

Freies Deutsches Hochstift, Frankfurt a/M., Germany

Redacteur der Gärtner-Zeitung, Erfurt, Germany

Elder, Sir Thomas, Adelaide

Forrest, Honble John, Perth, West Australia

Goeze, Dr. E. Gresifswald, Germany

Gray, Professor Asa, Cambridge, United States America

Govt. Botanists Office, Melbourne

Geological Survey Department, Washington

Henriques, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Coimbra, Portugal

Heurk, Dr. H. v., Director of the Botanic Garden, Antwerp

Holtze, M., Govt. Garden, Port Darwin

Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick, London

Wittmack, Dr. L., Invalidenstrasse 42, Berlin

Just Professor Leop., Carlsruhe, Germany

Joly, Ch., Rue Boissy d'Anglas 11, Paris

Hill, T. W., Editor of the Queenslander, Brisbane

King, Dr. Geo., Director of the Bot. Garden, Calcutta

Krichauff, Honble F. Adelaide

Lawson, Professor […]

Space left in MS.

Madras

Linnean Society, Burlington House, London

Linnean Society Sydney

Luerssen, Professor, Eberswalde, Berlin

Moore, Ch., Director Botanic Garden, Sydney

Millardet, M. le professeur, Directeur du jardin botanique, Bordeaux

Masters, Dr. M. T., Mount Avenue, Ealing, London

Hooker, Sir Joseph KCSI., Royal Garden, Kew, London

Mac Owan,

i.e. P. MacOwan.

Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Capetown

New Zealand Institute, Wellington

Naudin, Professor Antibes (Var) France

Planchon, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Montpellier, France

Regel, Dr. E. von, Director of the Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg

Ramsay, Dr. E., Director of the Museum, Sydney

Royal Society, Burlington House, London

Royal	Society	Melbourne
"	"	Sydney
"	"	Adelaide
"	"	Brisbane
"	"	Hobart

Senkenbergsche Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a/M, Germany

Smithsonian Institute, Washington

School of	Mines	Ballarat
"	"	Sandhurst

Sociedad Rural Agentina, Buenos Aires

Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau, Germany

Schweinfurth, Dr. Cairo, Egypt

Society of Natural History, Boston, United States

Société Imperiale

Imperiale added by M.

des Naturalistes Moscow, Russia

Verein der Freunde der Naturgeschichte, Bützow, Mecklenburg, Germany

Verein für Vaterländische Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Bremen, Germany

Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Marburg, Germany

Treub, Dr., Director of the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java

Trimen, Dr. Director of the Botanic Garden, Peradenia, Ceylon

Eichler, Professor, Director of the Botanic Garden, Berlin

Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa

Chewings, Charles Esqr Adelaide

Uhlworm, Dr. Cassel, Germany

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Quai de la Megisserie, Paris

Warren, Colonel, Editor of the California Farmer, San Francisco

Woolls, Revd Dr. W., Richmond, New South Wales

Graff, Robert, Lithographic Artist, South Yarra