Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 5th May 1871.
Sir,
I have the honor by direction of the Chief Secretary to request that you will be good enough to inform Mr Ferguson of your Department that the papers in the matter of his being provided with quarters were referred to the Board of Inquiry on the Botanic Gardens who have not yet made any report.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
W. H. Odgers
The Director Botanic Gardens
Please cite as “FVM-71-05-05a,” 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 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/71-05-05a