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From Thomas Ware to Ferdinand von Mueller   18 Apr 1874

Chief Secretary’s Office

Melbourne 18th April 1874

Sir,

By direction of the Chief Secretary, I have the honor to request that Officers of your Department, who have the control of Government Buildings over which insurances have been effected, will, in the event of a fire occurring report it without delay to Mr. Joseph Aarons, the Government Insurance Broker, whose address appears in the margin,1 so that he may be in a position to take such steps at once as the occasion requires.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

Thos. Webb Ware

Acting Under Secy.

The Government Botanist

1

6 Collins Street East, Melbourne.

2

Copies of the circular were sent to heads of 15 of the subsidiary departments within the Chief Secretary’s Department, and to 10 Ministers.

Please cite as “FVM-74-04-18d,” 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/74-04-18d