28th September 1865
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst1 and in reply to inform you that leave of absence for twelve months on full pay will be granted to you on the ground that a promise to such effect was made by the late Government2
Sd J Moore
The Director
Botanical Gardens
Please cite as “FVM-65-09-28,” 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