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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   9 Apr 1885

Melbourne

9 April 1885

The honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.,

Chief Secretary

Sir.

I have the honor to report, that in accordance with instructions a letter was written already on the 1. inst. to Capt Fayenz, to accompany the presentations, sent by me on behalf and by order of the Victorian Government to the Imperial Austrian Corvette "Saida",1 a copy of this letter being forwarded herewith.2 This transaction now having been brought to a close I have the honor to submit the various accounts of the expenditure incurred, amounting altogether to £26.13/19d for your consideration. To meet this expenditure a transfer of votes will be requisite, for which I beg to submit herewith the official application.

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller.3

1

See also M to G. Berry, 31 March 1885.

2

See M to H. Fayenz, 1 April 1885.

3

MS annotation by the Under Secretary, T. Wilson, 14 April 1885: 'a/c approved & returned'. See also M to G. Berry, 23 April 1885.

4

First registered as B85/3741 in the Chief Secretary's Department, then referred to the Premier.

Please cite as “FVM-85-04-09,” 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/85-04-09