Melbourne
9/10/79.
W. H. Odgers Esqr.,
Undersecretary.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 8th inst.,1 conveying to me the information, that the hon. the Chief Secretary has appointed me one of the four Representatives of his Department for the Social Science Congress in connection with the forthcoming international Exhibition.
Will you be so good to express to the hon. the Minister my best thanks for this mark of his confidence in my ability.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
See W. Odgers to M, 8 October 1879 (in this edition as 79-10-08b).
Please cite as “FVM-79-10-09,” 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