21 January 1857
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 15th January requesting an extension of your leave of absence1 and I am to inform you that as your Department is now under the Commissioner of public Works your letter has been transferred to that officer
(Signed) J Moore
F. Mueller Esqre
70 Collins Street East
Melbourne
Please cite as “FVM-57-01-21,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/57-01-21