Melbourne botanic Garden,
16 July 1862
Sir
I have the honor of submitting to you a letter from Lieutenant Handfield, of the "Victoria",1 in which he requests, that a sum of £14. 15/-d passed by my office as payable to Mr Morton for the Gunroom-mess of the "Victoria" may be paid to the order of Commander Norman, and I beg that you will be pleased to cause, that Lieutenant Handfields request be complied with
I have the honor to be,
Sir
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the treasurer
&c &c &c
Flagship of the Victorian Navy, on which M's collector Diedrich Henne was a passenger during the voyage to the Albert River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld, as a member of the relief party in support of the Burke & Wills exploring expedition in late 1861. See 'Diedrich Henne', Burke & Wills Web (URL http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/Explorers/Relief_Parties/henne.htm accessed 12 January 2019); and M to G. Bentham, 24 September 1862.
The letter was registered as 4353 and minuted by the Under Treasurer (minute no. 1845): 'There is an a/c payable to Morton payment of which has been stopped – if Dr Mueller is desirous that some other person should be allowed to claim the money the treasurer will on being requested to do so direct the amount £14-15 to be credited to the vote which being done Dr Mueller will be able on obtaining fresh authority from the Chief Secretary to certify a second account. A. S. Symonds Treasury 18-7-62'. The letter was referred to the Chief Secretary on 19 July, the returned to Treasury and registered again on 25 July 1862 with the note 'Chief Secretary Requests Captain Norman may be permitted to receive an a/c for £12. 15/- due to the gun room mess'.
Please cite as “FVM-62-07-16b,” 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