Document information

Physical location:

RSA/A/5, minute book, Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 96.08.00

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Morton, 1896-08. 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/1890-6/1896/96-08-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is an entry in the minutes of the monthly meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 4 August 1896.
[Letter from Baron Mueller forwarding on behalf of the author as a donation to the Society's Library Dr J. Bapt. de Toni work entitled Algae of the whole world
2
De Toni (1889-1924). By August 1896 the first two volumes of this six-volume work had been published.
also suggesting that Dr de Toni be elected an Honorary member of the Society].
3
The minutes record: 'Moved Mr. Jas. Barnard. Seconded. Mr Thos Stephens.
That Dr. J. Bapt. de-Toni be elected an Honorary member of the Society. Carried.'