Melbourne bot Garden
8/6/64.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of thirty pounds Sterling for the purchase of a horse for this department, as provided by you kindly on the supplementary estimates.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c
Approval of M's request was noted on the file by the Under Secretary, J. Moore, on 15 June 1864, and a letter informing M of it was sent on 18 June (letter not found). The provision for the draught horse was approved by Parliament on 27 May 1864, when the additional estimates for 1864 were approved (Victoria, Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, session 1864, vol. 1, p. 217).
Please cite as “FVM-64-06-08a,” 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