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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   6 Oct 1862

Office of Lands & Survey,

Melbourne, 6th Octr. 1862.

Sir,

Referring to my minute on the letter received from the Baron Von Boden, suggesting that the Guide to the Land Law1 and the Lecture relating thereto, delivered by the Honorable the President of the Board of Land and Works, should be translated into the German language, I am directed to thank you for your offer to translate the Guide to the Land Law which Mr Duffy will be glad if you will undertake,2 but does not consider it necessary to trouble you with the translation of the Lecture.

Copy of the latest edition of the "Guide" is forwarded herewith.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant

Assist. Commr of Lands & Survey.3

Dr Mueller,

Government Botanist

&c &c &c,

1

Duffy (1862).

2

No German translation of the work has been located.

3

File copy not signed.

4

MS filed with copy of letter dated 4 October 1862 to 'The Baron Von Boden, Coanyenne, Dartmoor', thanking him for his suggestion and indicating the action being taken.

Please cite as “FVM-62-10-06a,” 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/62-10-06a