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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Francis   1 July 1873

Melbourne, bot. Museum

1/7/73.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

Sir

I have the honor to submit for your favorable consideration a requisition for paper &c, required for the collections recently added to those of the bot. Museum, and needed to be used for the elaboration of the 7th vol. of the Work on Australian plants in English, on which I am now urgently engaged.1 After defraying the expenses for my assistant and the attendant of the Museum, both required for the safety of the collections and the progressive work connected therewith, means will still be available out of the £300 voted to defray requisitions of this kind. I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

M.D.

1

Bentham (1863-78). The seventh, final, volume was much delayed.

2

There is an illegible annotation and further annotations: 'Dr von Mueller 7.7.73' and, by M: 'Returned to the Honorable the Chief Secretary 11/7/73'.

Please cite as “FVM-73-07-01,” 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/73-07-01