Returned with best thanks. I have not signed the receipt, thinking that Mr Undersecretary Moore would be pleased to sign it
15/1/68
Ferd. von Mueller1
On 13 December 1867, the Government of Madras sent two copies of Beddome (1866-68), fascicle 17, for the 'Colonial Secretary' of Victoria. These reached the Chief Secretary's Office in Melbourne in mid-January 1868 and were forwarded to M, apparently without a standard transmission letter but enclosing the form of receipt required by the Government of Madras. Moore annotated the file on 17 January: 'Forward receipt with thanks'. There were other instances when the Madras receipt form was enclosed with the items and transmittal letter; see, for example, M to J. Moore, 18 May 1868 (in this edition as 68-05-18b). See Lucas (2026) for discussion of the dates of publication of the parts.
Please cite as “FVM-68-01-15,” 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