To George Bentham1    6 October 1871

Offices: Police Court Building,

Melbourne, 6 Oct 1871

 

The main object of writing to you this time, dear Mr Bentham, is to inform you, that the Government on my request will send by this months mail the £100 – – for vol. VI of the flora;2 so that you are likely to receive this sum whenever you will kindly call on Mr Verdon, the Agent General of Victoria. I must now also learn what further plants you stand in need of, in order that no impediment to the elaboration of the volume may arise, and I be able to forward the desired material in right time. My scientific work has been for the whole of 1871 almost at a stand still, owing to the enormous loss of time still daily involved in defending my position from intrusion and ruin.

With best wishes for your health, happiness and literary exertions

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

1
The letter is on notepaper headed 'Royal Commission for Foreign Industries and Forests', including a pre-printed address.
2
i.e. the Victorian Government’s contribution towards Bentham (1863-78), vol. 6.

Please cite as “FVM-71-10-06,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/71-10-06