Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 8th November 1871.
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit herewith for any observations you may desire to offer a copy of a despatch received by His Excellency from the Secretary of State1 on the subject of a suggestion for a continued interchange of the valuable vegetable production of the British Colonies and Possessions.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. Odgers2
The Director
Botanic Gardens
&c &c &c
M's copy of despatch not found. A circular despatch dated 2 September 1871 was issued by the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, enclosing a letter 'from the India Office relative to a suggestion made by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras, that a continued interchange should take place of the valuable vegetable production of the British Colonies and Possessions'. A memorandum 'from the Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Calcutta, [that] may be of use in the preparation and packing of seeds' was also included. An on-line copy is available at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1871-I.2.1.2.2/3, p. 64.
M replied in M to C. Gavan Duffy, 8 November 1871, but his text of his letter has not been found.
Please cite as “FVM-71-11-08a,” 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