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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   15 July 1872

Office of Lands and Survey,

Melbourne 15th July, 1872.

Sir,

I am directed by telegram from the Honorable the Commissioner of Lands and Survey, to request that you will be good enough to furnish draft Estimates relative to the Botanical Gardens on such a basis as to distinguish the scientific from the practical branch of the Department.1

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant

[…]2

Asst Comr of Lands & Survey.

Baron Von Mueller

Director of Botanical Gardens,

&c. &c. &c.

1

Presumably a reaction to the estimates submitted by M that were registered on 14 July and could not be found in September (see notes to M to J. Casey, 14 July 1872).

2

File copy not signed.

Please cite as “FVM-72-07-15b,” 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/72-07-15b