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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   31 May 1878

Botanic Museum

Melbourne, 31st May 1878.

Sir,

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the transfer of the sum of £40 from the vote for Publication of Works, and of £60 from the vote for Museum Material and Plants to the vote for Books, Seeds, Collections, and Incidental Expenses, to enable me to defray the necessary expenditure of my department for the current financial year.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Government Botanist.

The Honorable

the Chief Secretary.

1

Reply not found, but sanction was presumably given to the transfer requested.

2

MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-78-05-31a,” 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/78-05-31a