The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow. ¶ Dated th...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 91.07.07a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1891-07-07 [91.07.07a]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-07-07a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	Henry Heylyn Hayter Esqr. C.M.G.
Description	Officer of the French Order for public Instruction, Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Gov. Statist of the Colony of Victoria
Residence	Melbourne

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 7 day of July 1891

Ferd. von Mueller	F.R.G.S	{ From personal Knowledge
A. C. Macdonald	F.R.G.S.
J. A. Panton	F.R.G.S.

Proposed	10th Nov.	1891
Elected	23rd —	1891 1 Annotated: Never Qualified [i.e. did not pay the subscription]. Hayter became insolvent in the land crash in Melbourne of late 1891 (ADB)]