From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   30 May 1883

Melbourne, 30th May 1883

Sir

I have the honor to solicit that you will be good enough to grant the transfer of the sum of Twenty pounds (£20.) from the vote for "Paper for Lithograms, and of Thirty pounds (£30) from the vote for "Collector of Plants" to the vote for "Books, Collections, extra Office assistance and Incidental Expenses", in order to enable me to defray the necessary expenditure of my department under the latter item.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

The file was initialled by Berry. T. Wilson to M, 20 June 1883 confirmed the transfer had been made.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-83-05-30,” 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/83-05-30