27th July [187]01
Sir,
Referring to your letter of the 23rd ult2 addressed to Mr Bright in which you request the Trustees of the Museum to advance you £50 for the expenses incurred in preparing articles for the Museum, I have the honor to inform you that the Trustees regret that there is no provision in the estimates to enable them to supplement the expenses of your department
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Marcus Clarke
F Von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-70-07-27c,” 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