Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 31 March 1879
Sir,
I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to furnish not later than the 15th proximo an estimate of the probable revenue and expenditure of your Department during the financial year 1879-80.1
A copy of any estimate for public works should also be transmitted to this office.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
W. H. Odgers2
The Government Botanist.
Please cite as “FVM-79-03-31c,” 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