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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson   20 Aug 1860

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,

20. Aug 1860

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the transfer of £50.- .- from the vote for purchase of plants to that of incidental expenses, in order that the expenses may be met, which will be incurred by a proposed journey to Cape Howe and by an other to the South Western part of the Australian Alps during this spring to be performed by myself, as also to enable the Curator of this establishment1 to proceed on a botanical mission to Lake Hindmarsh.

Whilst I beg to solicit for the means of performing the above service in furtherance of the botanical survey of Victoria, I take the liberty of drawing your Honors attention to the fact, that in the schedule of estimates prepared by me for 1860,2 sufficient provision was made for travelling expenses, but that this particular item sustained so great a reduction in the passing of the estimates, as to render the performance of any botanical journeys, without the aid solicited, not possible this season, whilst the first volume of my Flora3 can not be completed without a visit to above localities4

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c

1

John Dallachy.

2

See M to J. O'Shanassy, 20 July 1859 (in this edition as 59-07-20a) and notes thereto.

3

B62.03.03.

4

Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter, 'Confirmed by the Gov. in Council'.

Please cite as “FVM-60-08-20,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/60-08-20