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93.11.16g

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Portland Shire Council, 1893-11-16 [93.11.16g]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-11-16g-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text used here is from 'Correspondence' , in the report of the meeting of the Portland Shire Council held on 9 December 1893 ( Hamilton spectator , 14 December 1893, p. [3]). The seeds were probably sent around the middle of November when seed was distributed to other councils ; see M to T. Easton , 16 November 1893 (in this edition as 93-11-16b) and notes thereto.
[A parcel of sugar beet seed forwarded by Baron Von Mueller was divided amongst councillors to distribute as they thought best.]