Melbourne, 4th March 1880
Sir
Referring to my letter of 13th May of last year,1 I have the honor to inform you, that I have now secured the remainder of the Acacia seeds required to complete the order of the Government of Bombay. I beg to append the account;2 the bill of lading will be forwarded to you this evening; a duplicate will be sent direct to Bombay in the ship's box. The seeds are carefully packed and the insurance effected.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
W.H. Odgers Esq
Under Secretary
See M to W. Odgers, 13 May 1879.
Letters were sent from the Chief Secretary's Office to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay on 5 March and 9 March 1880 (letters not found). The file was annotated by Odgers on 12 March 1880: 'The account has been passed to the Treasury for payment. The Government Botanist is requested to note and return.' M replied the next day: 'Returned with best thanks for information'.
On 15 September 1880, E. Symonds, Under Treasurer, wrote to Odgers: 'With reference to your memorandum of the 21st May last, forwarding an account (£47:13/-) for the purchase money of certain seeds shipped for the Government of India, I beg to inform you that a remittance to the amount named has been received from the Accountant General, Bombay' (P79/8435, unit 1133, VPRS 3991/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-80-03-04,” 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