Public Library
9th April 18611
Sir
I have been instructed by the Trustees of the M. P. L.2 to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th February 1861,3 and to communicate to you that at a meeting of the Trustees held on the 8th day of March 1861:
It was Resolved
"That the application of Dr. Mueller the Government Botanist &c &c for the return of the Hortus Siccus Australiae presented by Him to this Institution be granted."
Therefore whenever you may think fit to send for the Hortus Siccus, with an acknowledgement of receipt, it will be delivered to your Messenger.4
With the greatest respect
I have the honor to be
Sir
yours obediently
(Signed) Augustus Tulk Lib
Dr. F. Mueller
&c &c &c
Govt Botanist.
Though the letter-book copy is clearly dated ‘9th April’, the letter was evidently written on 4 April; see M to A. Tulk, 6 April 1861.
Melbourne Public Library.
Letter not found. See, however, M to R. Barry, 10 January 1861 (in this edition as 61-01-10a), and M to W. Stawell, 12 January 1861.
See M to A. Tulk, 6 April 1861.
Please cite as “FVM-61-04-04,” 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