Melbourne
28/9/85
H. Moore Esqr &c
Acting Undersecretary.
Sir
I have the honor, to acknowledge the receipt of your circular N. 3612,1 and in reply beg to inform you, that I am the only Officer in my Department, which has attained the age of 60 years. As on this subject has been correspondence officially,2 I beg to ask for your instruction, whether I have notwithstanding to prepare a return or list, or whether this reply answers the needful purposes.
I have the honor to be
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-85-09-28,” 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