Melbourne botanic Garden,
1. April 63
Sir
I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of one thousand pound Sterling (£1000.- ) out of the wages fund for labour in the botanic garden during the second quarter of the year.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
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Approval for M's request was annotated on the file.
Please cite as “FVM-63-04-01b,” 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