Melbourne, botan. Garden,
18 Nov. 1864.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to place the sum of eight shillings and six pences1 under authority from the vote of travelling expenses granted to this establishment, to liquidate the remaining claims against that vote for this year; and further I beg to solicit that the balance then available out of that vote, vize £9. 11/6d (nine pounds eleven shillings six pences sterling) may be transferred to the vote of incidental expenses.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
MS marginal annotation: '£—. 8/6'.
Please cite as “FVM-64-11-18,” 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