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From Marcus Clarke to Ferdinand von Mueller   5 Oct 1870

5th Octr [187]01

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 23rd September2 requesting remuneration for work done by Mr Hoffmann, and a further advance of £20 from this Committee, and in reply am directed by the Chairman to refer you to my letters of the 3rd of August and 27th of July last3 in which the Committee express their regret that they are unable to advance moneys to supplement the expenses of your Department

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

Marcus Clarke

Sec to Committee

1

editorial addition.

2

See M to M. Clarke, 23 September 1870.

3

See M. Clarke to M, 3 August (in this edition as 70-08-03b) and M. Clarke to M, 27 July 1870 (in this edition as 70-07-20c).

Please cite as “FVM-70-10-05,” 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/70-10-05