Melbourne bot. & zoolog. Garden
22 August 1860.
Sir
By desire of the Gentlemen constituting the Committee of the Zoological Garden, I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the appropriation of one hundred and fifty pounds Sterling out of the vote for purchase of animals for the introduction of Chinese sheep, and that you will be pleased, should the Committees proposal meet with your approval, to cause the above sum to be placed to the credit of Mr Lyall, M.L.A., who has kindly undertaken the arrangements for importing these useful animals.1
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c
Please cite as “FVM-60-08-22,” 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