Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 5th Decr. 1885
Sir,
I have the honor to request you will be good enough to state with as little delay as possible, whether there is any officer in your Branch qualified to perform the duties of a chemist for the Department of Agriculture.
He will be required to undertake the analyses of soils, manures, water &c and to conduct enquiries into matters pertaining to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Forestry.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. R. Wilson
Under Secretary
The Government Botanist
Document is a circular (p. 1084) individually addressed to the heads of 15 departments (listed p. 1083) within the Chief Secretary’s Department,
Please cite as “FVM-85-12-05,” 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