From Lewis Gilles   27 October 1853

27th Oct. 1853.

 

In reply to your letter of the 19th ultimo1 I do myself the honor to inform you that the sum of £100:0:0 is available and will be at once placed at your service to cover the expense of your outfit

2 I am further directed to inform you that H. E. considers it might be advisable for you to visit the Grampian Range, and country to the northward in the course of the Spring but at the same time the L. G. leaves you to take your own choice of the District wherein to prosecute your researches.

By order.

L. Gilles.

A. C. S.2

 

The Government Botanist

70 Collins Street East

Melbourne

See M to C. La Trobe, 19 September 1853.
Assistant Colonial Secretary.

Please cite as “FVM-53-10-27,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells accessed on 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/53-10-27