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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy   22 Feb 1872

Botanic Garden,

Melbourne, 22nd Febr. 1872

Sir

I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to sanction the transfer of the sum of Thirty five pounds (£35. -) from the vote for purchase of museum material, plants and seeds, now under authority No. 514, to the vote for stores, to enable me to meet the unavoidable demands for tools, coal, flower pots &c. during the remainder of the current financial year.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

Director Botanic Garden

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

1

An annotation indicates that the transfer was put through on 28 February.

2

MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-72-02-22,” 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/72-02-22