Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne, 24 - 1 - 1872
Sir,
I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to return to this Office (with as little delay as possible), the correspondence mentioned on the back, which was referred to you on the dates mentioned1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
for the Under Secretary
Thos W [G] Ware
The Director
Botanic Gardens2
| 71/Y953 | Director Botanic Gardens, | January 5th 1871 |
| Re plants for Agent General | ||
| 71/Y1620 |
—do— |
March 1st 1871 |
| re a case of seeds for Don José Martinez de Hoz — Buenos Ayres (sic). | ||
| 71/Y1672 |
—do— |
February 14th 1871 |
| recommends gratuity of £5 to Overseer Wilson of Industrial Schools | ||
| 71/Y2157 |
—do— |
February 23rd 1871 |
| recommends that Horticultural Improvement Society be allowed to hold a show in Botanical Gardens on 18th March |
MS annotation by M on 25 January 1872: 'Request complied with'.
The following text is on the reverse of the memorandum.
The letters corresponding to the items listed are
71/Y95: M to W. Odgers, 31 December 1870.
71/Y1620: M to J. McCulloch, 9 February 1871 (in this edition as 71-02-09a).
71/Y1672: M to J. McCulloch, 10 February 1871.
71/Y2157: M to W. Odgers, 31 December 1871.
Please cite as “FVM-72-01-24,” 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