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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers   4 May 1870

Melbourne Botanic Garden

4th May 1870

Sir

I have the honor to request that you will be pleased to issue Authorities for this Department for expenditure under the heads of

Purchase of Plants

Forage for Cart horses

Stores, Timber etc.

Transit & Incident. Expenses

Travelling Expenses.

Until now I have only received Authorities for Salaries and for Wages, and I have been asked by contractors to pass their accounts, since they had been paid for goods supplied to other Departments.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

Director.

The Under Secretary

1

Parliament did not approve the budget for 1870 until 21 May 1870 (Victoria, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly session 1870, vol. 1, p. 86), and M needed approval to spend ahead of the Vote.

2

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-70-05-04a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/70-05-04a