From William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller   17 Dec 1875

(Circular)

Chief Secretary’s Office

Melbourne 17th December 1875

Sir,

I have the honor by direction of the Chief Secretary to request that you will be so good as to cause to be furnished to this Office, if possible not later than the 7th proximo a schedule of the Classified Officers in your Division of the Public Service, with a view to its being incorporated in the General List and published in the Government Gazette within the time appointed by the 11th section of Act No 160

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W. H. Odgers

MS annotation in the letter book: ‘Letter similar to that on page 1066 [i.e. the original letter in this series which was addressed to the Treasurer] and same date'. No. 5154 was sent to the Government Botanist. W. Odgers to M, 17 December 1875, has the identical request, in slightly different language.

Please cite as “FVM-75-12-17,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/75-12-17