Melbourne
23/7/78.
The honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.,
Chief Secretary.
Sir
Learning that the 30 copies of vol. VII of the Flora of Australia by Mr Bentham & myself1 have arrived through the office of the Agent-General, I have the honor to suggest, that of these copies, to which the Victorian Government was entitled in return for the subsidy to this work, a distribution may be made as follows.2
His Excellency the Governor.
The Office of the honorable the Chief Secretary
The Parliaments Library
The University Library
The Royal Society of Victoria
The Medical Society of Victoria
The Board of Pharmacy
The pharmaceutic Society of Victoria
The Chemists Assistants Society of Melbourne.
Baron Von Mueller.
The Lands Department.
The botanic Museum.
The Library of the Executive Council.
The Rev. Dr Woolls, Richmond, New South Wales.
Mr P. O'Shanesy near Rockhampton, Queensland.
Mons. Thozet, jun. Rockhampton3
Inspector Armit, Dunrobin, George's town, Queensland.
Mr Eugene Fitzalan, Port Denison, Queensland4
(the five last mentioned Gentlemen being extensive contributors to our collections).
If the remaining copies were placed into the Gov. Printers Stores, they would be available for any future purposes.5
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7.
Marginal note in an unknown hand: 'Pub Liby Melb. Geelong Ballt [Ballarat] Sandhurst [now Bendigo]'.
Anthelme Thozet died on 31 May 1878. His wife and son Auguste continued the experimental garden he had established, from which he had corresponded with M.
All the names on the list have been ticked, presumably to indicate that they had been approved.
MS annotation by J. Ferres, Government Printer, on 16 August: 'Twenty copies forwarded as requested'.
Please cite as “FVM-78-07-23,” 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