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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson   22 Aug 1860

Melbourne bot. & zoolog. Garden

22 August 1860.

Sir

By request of the zoological Committee I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the appropriation of two hundred pounds Sterling out of the vote for purchase of animals for the introduction of the Cashmere goat into this establishment, and, should this proposition be favored with your approbation, that you will be pleased to place the above sum at the disposal of the Committee.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c

1

Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter.

2

MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-60-08-22a,” 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/60-08-22a