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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Moors   29 Sep 1885

Melbourne,

29/9/85.

H. Moors Esqr

Acting Under Secretary

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your yesterday's letter,1 and in reply beg of you, to be so kind to convey to the honorable Graham Berry, the Chief Secretary and the Public Service Board my grateful recognition of their kindness in allowing me to continue in my Departmental position, so that I may be able under the best advantages to continue my rural and phytologic researches for Australia. Please, inform my honorable Chief and the Public Service Commissioners, that I shall endeavour to merit the confidence placed in me thus for the worthy continuance of my departmental labours; and altho' I cannot expect, that divine providence will spare me for many years of further life, I hope to prove useful for some little time longer, and thus may be able to seek the favor, now granted, again next year.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller.

1

See H. Moors to M, 28 September 1884 (in this edition as 85-09-28a). See also M to G. Berry, 27 June 1885, and notes thereto.

2

On 1 October 1885 Moors forwarded this letter to the Public Service Board, the Secretary of which 'noted' the contents and returned it on 9 October 1885.

Please cite as “FVM-85-09-29,” 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/85-09-29