Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 5 February 1872.
Sir,
I am directed by the Chief Secretary to request you to be good enough to return to this office at your earliest convenience the report of the Board of Inquiry on the Botanic Gardens1 and to forward at the same time any remarks you may desire to make thereon.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
for the Under Secy
Thos Webb Ware
The Director Botanic Gardens
&c &c &c.
Please cite as “FVM-72-02-05,” 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