From Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller   22 July 1884

Chief Secretary's Office

Melbourne, 22 July 1884.

Memo

I beg to inform the Government Botanist that any officer of his Department desirous of attending His Excellency's levee tomorrow afternoon may be permitted to absent himself from duty for sufficient time to enable him to do so.1

T. R. Wilson

The Government Botanist

Sir Henry Loch held his first levee on 23 July 1884 (Argus, 24 July 1884, p. 6).

Document is a circular to the heads of 16 sub-departments within the Chief Secretary's Department.

Please cite as “FVM-84-07-22a,” 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/84-07-22a