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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Ware   6 Feb 1872

Melbourne bot. Garden

6/2/72.

Sir

In reply to your letter,1 received last night, I have the honor to inform you, that I was requested by the honorable the President of the Board of Lands and Works2 to submit to (him also) a counter report to the Document of the Board of the botanic Garden, a copy of the Document being sent to me also by the Direction of the President.

I understood also indirectly from Mr. Grant, that the bot. Gardens Department was to be placed under his administration.

The honorable Gentleman having proceeded to Sydney, I was left under the impression, that my counter report would only be required after his return and thus I left it unfinished.

Being now requested, to forward my answers to the honorable the Chief Secretary, I shall hasten to finish the required document and forward it to Mr. Duffy in a few days.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.,

Direct. botan. Garden.

T. Ware Esq.

Acting Undersecretary.

&c &c &c

1

See T. Ware to M, 5 February 1872.

2

James Grant, returned to office in Gavan Duffy's administration, 19 June 1871.

3

M in fact submitted his response the same day; M to C. Gavan Duffy, 6 February 1872.

Please cite as “FVM-72-02-06a,” 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/72-02-06a