Botanic Museum
Melbourne, 9th February 1875
Sir
I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to sanction the transfer of the sum of One hundred pounds, voted for the publication of works on Australian plants, to the vote for "Collecting botanic specimens, clerical assistance etc", in order to enable me to meet the current ordinary expenditure of my department.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
The Honorable the Chief Secretary1
MS annotation: 'Appd R.R. 17/2/75'. Robert Ramsay was Post-Master General in the Kerferd ministry and undertook the duties of the Chief Secretary when he and James Service remained in Melbourne while the remainder of the Ministry where on a cruise in the government vessel Victoria (see Argus, 27 January 1875, p. 1).
Letter written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-75-02-09,” 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