From Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller   7 May 1886

Chief Secretary's Office,

Melbourne, 7th May, 1886.

Sir

I have the honor to enclose for your information a copy of a Circular1 received from the Treasury asking for the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure of this Department for the financial year 1886/7 and to request you will be good enough to forward to this office, as soon as possible, the Estimates on account of the Government Botanist (in triplicate) for the period specified, those of expenditure being prepared in accordance with the Treasury direction.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

T. R. Wilson

The Government Botanist

Circular not present.

Document is a circular to the heads of 15 departments within the Chief Secretary’s Department, individually addressed.

Please cite as “FVM-86-05-07,” 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/86-05-07