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AMS 355, Holograph letters from noted scientists and individuals, item no. 47, Australian Museum, Sydney. 91.04.07bPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Hedley, 1891-04-07 [91.04.07b]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-04-07b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
7/4/91
This day, dear Mr Hedley, were posted for your inspection and examination the two
shells, obtained by the Mt Yule Expedition.
They would have been rendered accessible to you earlier, but it was desirable, that
all the zoologic specimens, obtained during the Expedition, should first be exhibited
at a meeting of the R.G.S.A.
here. Such meeting took place last Friday, so I forward the two shells now, but as
they are the property of the Vict. Branch of the RGSA, which voted £300 - - for the
Expedition, I must request you to return the two specimens so soon as you have finished
your study of them
1
Papua New Guinea. The expedition, November 1890 – February 1891, under the auspices
of the Administrator of British New Guinea and led by George Belford, received a subsidy
of £300 from the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Victorian Branch, and reached the summit on 25 December 1890 (Argus, 23 February 1891, p. 5, col. c; W. Taylor (1891), pp. 445-6).
2
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
3
Hedley (1892) was read on 15 March 1891 and issued in September 1891, and thus does not include details of the Mt Yule specimens. No reference by Hedley to them has been found.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
When does the next meeting of the LS of NSW
take place?
4
Linnean Society of New South Wales.