Melbourne,
16/4/77.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
Sir,
I have the honor to solicit, that the sum of £1800 may be placed on the public works estimate for the new financial year to provide buildings for my Department. The sum of £900 for building purposes on this years estimate has been saved; therefore only in reality for a similar new sum being asked, with a view that the two united amounts may enable me to obtain a proper building for my departmental use. This after all would furnish only limited building accommodation as compared to that of all other Departments
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.1
M continued to press the same argument for the next two years, but to no avail; see M to W. Odgers, 21 June 1877; M to G. Berry, 2 July 1878; M to W. Odgers, 23 July 1878 (in this edition as 78-07-23b); M to C. Pearson, 15 August 1878; M to W. Odgers, 15 October 1878; M to J. Patterson, 14 April 1879 (in this edition as 79-04-14a).
Please cite as “FVM-77-04-16a,” 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