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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy   3 Oct 1871

Melbourne bot. Garden

3/10/71.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to cause the transmission of one hundred pounds Sterling (£100. -. -) for Mr Geo Bentham, to the Agent General, that being the subsidy due by the Victorian Government for the 6th. vol. of the Flora Australiensis,1 in London now to be published.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your very obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Direct. botan. Garden

The honorable the Chief Secretary

1

Bentham (1863-78).

2

An earlier request had been made in M to C. Duffy, 11 September 1871. The file was forwarded to the Treasurer's Office by the Under Secretary, W. Odgers, on 6 October, and was annotated there on 8 December 1871, 'The amount was transmitted as desired'.

Please cite as “FVM-71-10-03b,” 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/71-10-03b