Melbourne
17/12/73
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that I have returned this day from my Departmental journey to the northern sources of the Yarra,1 and beg also to state, that in accordance with my previous arrangements the articles from my Laboratory Store building have been removed to a friends place in South Yarra for storage, and that the key has been sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
M had left on this journey on 11 December; see M to J. Francis, 5 December 1873, and notes thereto.
Please cite as “FVM-73-12-17,” 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