Melbourne bot. Garden
7/3/71
Sir
In reply to your note of the 20 Febr.1 I beg to inform you, that the charges for printed labels for woods will be as follows
|
12 |
copies of one | 1/ | ||
|
25 |
" |
" |
" |
1/2d |
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50 |
" |
" |
" |
1/6d |
at Mess Mason Firth & M'Cutcheon
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12 |
copies of one | 1/ | ||
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25 |
" |
" |
" |
1/2d2 |
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50 |
" |
" |
" |
1/7½d |
at Mess Clarson Messina & Co
The number of different woodspecimens yet to be printed is say about 90, therefore that number of labels of different kinds have to be printed and I would suggest 50 copies of each.3
Obediently
Ferd von Mueller
Marcus Clarke Esq
&c &c &c
See M. Clarke to M, 20 February 1871.
M has made an arithmetical mistake; the quoted price for this number is 1/2¼d (see n. 3).
MS accompanied by two estimates.
(1)
12 — 1/.
25 — 1/2
50 — 1/6
Mason Firth & McCutcheon estimate for Printed Labels.
(2)
MEMO:
Clarson, Massina, & Co,
PRINTERS.
72 Little Collins Street East,
MELBOURNE
Melbourne………………………1869
To
Dr Mueller
12 ea 8 varieties 8/-
25 " 8 " 9/6
50 " 8 " 13/.
that is 8 labels in a sheet
CM
Please cite as “FVM-71-03-07a,” 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