Chief Secretary's Office.
Melbourne. 17th August 1876.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 12th instant1 requesting permission to occupy a certain brick building near the City Bridge; I have the honor by direction to inform you that the building to which you refer is in the charge of the Immigrants Home Committee and occupied by their people.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant
W. H. Odgers
The Government Botanist
Melbourne
Letter not found; M to J. MacPherson, 12 August 1876 (in this edition as 76-08-12b) is the register entry. M to J. MacPherson, 26 June 1876 is an earlier request.
Please cite as “FVM-76-08-17,” 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