4th Oct
No 5748
Sir
Referring to memorandum from this office AB, No 98 of the 19th ultimo requesting the return of the account mentioned in the margin,1 and to your reply thereto of the 21st idem,2 I beg to inform you that the Votes of 1870 having now lapsed, the transfer alluded to in your memorandum cannot be sanctioned.
I must therefore again request that the account may be duly certified and returned to this office in order that it may be further dealt with.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
E. S. Symonds
Under Treasurer
The Government Botanist
Please cite as “FVM-71-10-04,” 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