Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne 27 May 1878
Sir,
I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to furnish not later than Thursday the 30th instant an estimate of the expenditure and revenue for your Department during the financial year 1878-9.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W.H. Odgers2
The Government Botanist.
Please cite as “FVM-78-05-27,” 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