Melbourne bot. Garden,
7. July 1858.
Sir
In reply to your letter of the fifth instant1 I have the honor to inform you, that I shall feel very proud to respond to the trust placed in me by his Honor the Chief Secretary, to under take the payment of the labourers previously engaged at the zoological gardens.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd Mueller.
Mr Under secretary Moore.
Please cite as “FVM-58-07-07a,” 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 23 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-07-07a