From Ferdinand von Mueller to George Verdon   5 Dec 1860

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden

5. Dec. 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to advance the following sums, required for the service of the botanic & zoologic Garden and which have been applied for as desirable to be placed on the supplementary estimates of 1860 as contingent unforeseen expenses of my establishment.1

Incidental expenses

£20.

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Travelling expenses

25.

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Food & forage for animals

15.

-. -

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the treasurer

&c &c &c

The request was made in M to R. Heales, 5 December 1860.

Please cite as “FVM-60-12-05a,” 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/60-12-05a