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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Huntly Eliott   20 Dec 1886

Melbourne Dec. 20 [1886]1

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 3rd inst;2 enclosing drafts for £12.10 and £11.5, being payment for seeds procured by me for the New Zealand Forest Department. I beg to transmit the receipts herewith.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant

Ferd. von Mueller

H. J. Eliott Esq

Under Secretary for Crown Lands

Eucalyptus

1

MS damaged around edges by fire.

2

See H. Eliott to M, 3 December 1886 (in this edition as 86-12-03a).

3

Receipts not found.

4

MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-86-12-20,” 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/86-12-20