From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy   10 Oct 1871

Botanic Garden

Melbourne, 10 Octob. 1871

Sir

I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of the following sums for the service of the Botanic Garden, and place the same at my disposal for disbursement:1

Purchase of plants &c £

65

Publication of works

100

Salaries, Stationery &c

100

Forage & Food

40

Transit, Incidental & Travelling expenses

70

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your very obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Director Botanic Garden

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

See also W. Odgers to M, 19 October 1871.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

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