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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers   2 Mar 1878

Melbourne

3/2/78.1

W. H. Odgers Esqr.

Undersecretary.

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you for communication to the hon. the Chief Secretary, that I returned last night from the western district, where I was engaged as a member of the Wattlebark-Commission.2

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller.

1

M's error for 2/3/78.

2

M left Melbourne on 19 February as a member of the Wattle Bark Board of Enquiry to make site visits in western Victoria (Argus, 20 February 1878, p. 7), returning on a late train from Ballarat on 1 March (Age (Melbourne), 1 March 1878, p, 3). The party travelled as far west as Dartmoor on the Glenelg River (B78.14.01).

3

The file has been initialled by Odgers.

Please cite as “FVM-78-03-02,” 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/78-03-02