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From Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson   17 Feb 1877

Melbourne,

17/2/77.

The honorable John Macpherson, M.P.,

Chief Secretary &c.

Sir,

I have the honor to enquire, whether you would kindly allow the sum of £900, voted on this year's estimate for extension and other works, bot. Museum,1 including fittings & furniture, to be expended on a new building on new ground, the wording of the vote not rendering it imperative to devote the sum to the present Museum Building or its extension.2

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient

Ferd. von Mueller.

1

See M to J. MacPherson, 13 April 1876.

2

On 22 February 1877, MacPherson noted that he had 'already decided that the money should be expended in adding to the present building'. The decision was communicated to M in W. Odgers to M, 23 February 1877.

Please cite as “FVM-77-02-17,” 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/77-02-17