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Physical location:

MRS 13, Letters of thanks (second series) 1890-1921, pp. 457-9, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. 91.08.27

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Preferred Citation:

Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-08-27. 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/1890-6/1891/91-08-27-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

THE TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Sydney 27th August 1891.
Sir,
On behalf of the Trustees of the Technological Museum of New South Wales, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the donation mentioned on the following page, and to convey to you their best thanks for the same.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
J. H. Maiden.
Chairman.
To Baron F. von Mueller K.C.M.G. etc
Government Botanist,
Melbourne
Kino of smooth barked variety of
Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Search for Eucalyptus leucoxylon in

South Australia
Kino of Northern Box
Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. albens
South Australia.
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These samples are recorded as entries 1848 and 1849 in the stock book of the Technological Museum (Archives, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney). They are also listed for 26 August 1891 in MRS 89, Day book, 1890-1910, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Maiden (1890) and Maiden (1892) include the results of his chemical analyses, which were directed at finding patterns of kino types useful for classification of the eucalypts.