To Graham Berry   28 July 1877

Melbourne,

28 July 1877.

To the honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.,

Chief Secretary.

 

Sir,

I have the honor respectfully to enquire, whether there are any means available to support me to a small extent in the heavy expenditure of getting printed an authorized translation of Wittstein's Chemistry of plants,1 which I have enlarged by notes of my own up to the researches of the present day. A private firm has printed on my cost many sheets or rather several, but I see the expense of the issue would be beyond my private means. It has occurred to me, that your Government might be willing, to aid me in this important contribution towards Australian science by purchasing hundred2 copies at 10/ each (reduced price) for the public institutions of the Colony.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your very obedient

Ferd. von Mueller.

1
Wittstein (1878).
2
fifty crossed out .
3
No such aid was forthcoming and M frequently complained thereafter about how much this project had cost him.

Please cite as “FVM-77-07-28,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/77-07-28