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
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