Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,
27. Nov. 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the printing at the Governments Printing Office of a short report on the plants collected during the recent Burdekin Expedition & transmitted to this Office for examination by the Queensland Government.1 I further beg to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the printing of 100 extra copies, of which I am anxious to forward 50 to the Queensland Government & 50 to scientific institutions in various parts of the globe2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c
B60.13.12.
On 30 November 1860 the Under Secretary, J. Moore, instructed: 'The Govt Printer will be so good as to print this Report and supply Dr Mueller with the number of Copies he requires'. The Government Printer, J. Ferres, replied on 4 December: 'Printed and supplied'.
See also M to W. Nicholson, 7 November 1860.
Please cite as “FVM-60-11-27a,” 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