From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   31 May 1871

Botanic Garden

Melbourne, 31st May 1871

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the transfer of the sum of £25.- .- (Twenty five pounds) from the vote for the purchase of Museum material &c, now under authority No 623, to the vote for Stores, to enable me to defray unavoidable expenses for tools, coal &c, and place this sum at my disposal for disbursement.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Director Botanic Garden

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

An Annotation notes the transfer of the expenditure to a new authority number.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-71-05-31,” 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/71-05-31