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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   7 Aug 1872

Office of Lands and Survey,

Melbourne, 7th augt, 1872.

Sir,

Referring to your letter of the the 25th ultimo,1 forwarding copies of regulations under which the distribution of plants was effected, I have the honor to state that information is required by the Honorable The Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey2 with the reference to the regulation or authority under which packages of plants have been forwarded from the Botanical Garden to foreign potentates or Governments without letters from the Chief Secretary to such potentates or Governments or order from him for transmission of plants to them.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedt Servant,

[…]4

Asst Commr of Lands & Survey

Baron Von Mueller,

Melbourne.

1

Neither that letter nor the one that prompted it has been found.

2

James Casey.

3

M's reply not found.

4

Signature illegible, but Hodgkinson was Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey.

Please cite as “FVM-72-08-07b,” 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/72-08-07b