From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   11 May 1871

Melbourne Botanic Garden

11th May 1871

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to issue an authority to expenditure for the sum of £55. -. -, transferred already from the vote for wages to gardeners (authority C/S 27) to the vote for stores, timber, stationery &c, and place the sum at my disposal for disbursement.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant,

Ferd. von Mueller

Director Botanic Garden

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

The request was approved in W. Odgers to M, 15 May 1871 (in this edition as 71-05-15a).

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-71-05-11,” 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/71-05-11