To Huntly Eliott1    5 November 1886

Melbourne, 5th November 188[6]2

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 21st October,3 together with two drafts for £11.2/- and £40.12/6d respectively, being payment for Eucalyptus seeds forwarded by me to the Chief Conservator of Forests.

I beg to enclose the receipts4 for the different amounts.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient serva[nt]

Ferd. von Mueller

 

H. J. Eliott Esq

Under Secretary for Crown Lands

Wellington

 

Eucalyptus

 
1
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
2
MS damaged around edges by fire.
3
See H. Eliott to M, 21 October 1886.
4
Receipts not found.

Please cite as “FVM-86-11-05a,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-11-05a