17 December 1866
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant1 in which you again bring under the notice of the Government the importance of securing the Sonderian Collection of plants for the colony, but the Chief Secretary regrets it is not in his power to sanction this purchase.
(Sd) J. Moore
The Director of the
Botanic Gardens.
See M to J. McCulloch, 6 December 1866.
Please cite as “FVM-66-12-17,” 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