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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant   19 Feb 1883

Melbourne,

19/2/83.

The honorable the Chief Secretary.

Sir.

I have the honor to submit a tender from Mess. M'Carron, Bird & Co,1 the printers of my systematic Census of Australian plants, for the printed Wrapper and binding of the work. At the rate of 1½d pr copy for wrapper and 1⅕d for stitching, the total for the 1000 copies will be £11.3/-d2 As this is a fair charge, I would beg to recommend, that the tender be accepted.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller.

1

See M'Carron, Bird & Co. to M, 16 February 1883.

2

Error for £11.5.0?

3

The Under Secretary, T. Wilson, approved M's recommendation on Grant's behalf on 20 February and M returned the file the next day 'with best thanks'. The file was then forwarded to the Government Printer.

Please cite as “FVM-83-02-19a,” 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/83-02-19a