Melbourne bot. Garden,
1/9/73.
Sir
In reply to your minute, dated 29. Aug.,1 I have the honor to inform you, that in July 1866 in compliance with a request of the hon the Chief Secretary a copy of the printed list of the books, purchased by Government and appended to my parliamentary Report of 1865,2 was transmitted. I am not aware, that any correspondence on the subject was left at my office, but send now an other copy of the printed document.3
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
W. H. Odgers Esqr
Undersecretary
Minute not found.
M to J. McCulloch, 30 September 1865 (B65.10.01).
Apparently in response to M's letter, the Secretary for Agriculture, A. Wallis, asked for a valuation of the library and any additions, as part of a discussion about whether the library properly belonged in the Botanic Garden or in the Government Botanist's Department; see W. Odgers to M, 4 September 1873 and notes thereto.
Please cite as “FVM-73-09-01,” 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