To James McCulloch   16 October 1864

Melbourne botanic Garden

16/10/64.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your circular, dated 15 Oct, N. 4972,1 and shall not fail to cause its provisions to be obeyed by the employees of this establishment. Myself I have ever since I entered the service of the Government even abstained from exercising the ordinary civil right of voting at legislative elections.

I have the honor to be

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd Mueller.

 

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c

1
J. Moore to M, 15 October 1864, in which Moore brought to M's attention a resolution of the Legislative Assembly requiring civil servants to refrain from interfering in the election of members of parliament.

Please cite as “FVM-64-10-16,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-10-16