To William Nicholson   5 December 1859

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,

5. Dec. 1859.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the expenditure of twenty pounds Sterling (£20) for the purchase of animals for the public menagerie to be charged to the vote of incidental expenses authorized by you to be expended under No. 384.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

 

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c.1

1
On 8 December 1859 the Under Secretary, J. Moore, directed: 'Make transfer'.

Please cite as “FVM-59-12-05,” 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/59-12-05