Ferdinand von Mueller

8/7/87

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7 over 6.

I just find in the "monthly" of the Field-Naturalists Club, dear Mr Macdonald, that the ascent of Mt Bellenden Ker

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Qld.

is described there by Mr Sayer,

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W. A. Sayer; Sayer (1887) appeared in the July 1887 issue of Victorian Naturalist.

who seems to have placed notes, similar to those we had, at the disposal of Mr C. French, his Cousin and a member of the Committee of the Club.

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Charles French Snr.

I could still give a little verbal account supplementary to the ascent, but we are too late for printing now Mr Sayers paper. —

Probably you have enough of matter for our next ordinary meeting anyhow.

I am so glad, that Mr Duffy, Capt. Pascoe & yourself have succeeded to induce the Premier

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Duncan Gillies.

to telegraph to Sir Graham Berry to see Mr Goeschen

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Respectively Victoria's Agent-General in London and George Goschen, Britain's Chancello r of the Exchequer. The latter had changed the spelling of his family name from Goeschen (or Göschen) , but M consistently used the older form .

— only this morning we have telegrams about the British Chancellor speaking sorrowfully about the depressed trade & commerce of Britain, — so our bid of movement here may help to give a lift .