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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson   6 Aug 1881

Melbourne

6/8/81.

T. R. Wilson Esqr,

Acting Undersecretary.

Sir

In reference to your memorandum of the 2. Aug.1 I have the honor to suggest, that —, if not causing too much inconvenience —, the balance of £17 18/3d might be expended in purchasing lithographic paper (according to annexed sample) from some retail-house in London, should the wholesale-firm, which usually gets the orders from the Agent General, not be able to oblige the Victorian Government in making up so small a supply. There could be no objection, I presume, to a slightly raised price, charged by a retail business.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir

your obedient servant,

Ferd von Mueller.

1

See T. Wilson to M, 2 August 1881 (in this edition as 81-08-02a).

2

The Agent General was requested on 15 August 1881 to purchase the paper from retail sources.

Please cite as “FVM-81-08-06a,” 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/81-08-06a