To John Moore1    27 April 1858

Melbourne bot Garden,

27. April 1858.

Sir

I have the honor to return the enclosed documents2 and to thank the honorable the Chief Secretary for his liberality of sanctioning the use of the Government press for botanical papers and for placing kindfully the sum of £80 for lithographic drawings at my disposal.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller,

Gov. Botanist

 

Mr Undersecretary Moore &c &c &c

See also J. Moore to M, 24 April 1858.
On 21 April 1858 the Under Treasurer, E. Symonds, wrote to Moore: 'In accordance with the request contained in your letter of the 14 inst No 2611 the authority issued to the Government Storekeeper for expenditure out of the vote for the incidental expenses of the Botanic Garden has been cancelled to the extent of £50'. Moore referred Symonds' letter to M on 23 April 1858 and M returned it with the above letter to the Chief Secretary's Department (E58/3258, unit 745, VPRS 1189, PROV).

Please cite as “FVM-58-04-27a,” 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/58-04-27a