Melbourne 11/1/77
The honorable the Minister of Education.
Sir.
By direction of the hon. the Chief Secretary1 I have the honor to transmit herewith twelve (12) copies of the volume on industrial plants recently issued,2 and I beg also to enquire, whether you desire a copy of the work for each state-school, to be placed in the libraries there for occasional reference. In the event of you wishing to obtain the work for the school libraries, I would respectfully request that the number of copies, needed for the purpose, may be mentioned to me at an early date.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.3
See M to J. MacPherson, 4 January 1877, and notes thereto.
B76.12.04.
The cover sheet records a number of internal Education Department memoranda culminating in a suggestion dated 16/4/77 that, of the fifty copies of M's work that had been received, 'A copy might be sent to the Central Training Institution & each of the Associated Schools. The rest might be kept in stock for grant to any libraries that may be formed in connection with the larger schools.' This was approved the following day.
Please cite as “FVM-77-01-11,” 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