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VPRS 805/P000O/154/91-1056, inward and outward correspondence — subject, VA 913 Public Library of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria. 91.06.05a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Bride, 1891-06-05 [91.06.05a]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-06-05a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

5/6/91.
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For reply see T. Bride to M, 19 June 1891 (in this edition as 91-06-19a), and T. Bride to M, 5 April 1892 (in this edition as 92-04-05a).
Would you be so kind, dear Dr Bride, to let me have a bound volume or the loose parts of the Eucalyptography, as I can no longer purchase a complete copy at the Gov Printing Office, the work being "out of print".
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An annotation on the file reveals that the following numbers of each of the Decades were 'in stock': 7 of 1-3, 6 of 4, 7 of 5-7, 30 of 8-9 and 37 of 10. The following numbers of each of the Decades of the Acacias were 'in stock': 18 of 1, none of 2, 18 of 3-4 and 21 of 5-13. A further note, evidently referring to M to T. Bride, 20 June 1891, says M 'asked that his request might be allowed to be withdrawn'. On 6 April 1892, the trustees asked the library assistant Alfred Neville if he had ever received any copies of Decade 2 of Acacias, to which he replied the next day, 'No'. On 8 April 1892, the trustees asked the Government Printer 'for the number usually placed at the disposal of the Trustees'.
In reciprocity for this I beg to forward a large lot of the publications of the anthropol. Society of Berlin, this being probably the only copy of this important serial in Australia.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
Some more parts will come next week. Have you a set of the iconography of the Acacias to spare?