Melbourne,
23 April 1887
E. J. Thomas Esqr.
Secretary to the honorable the Premier.
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a superb volume on Diatomeae as one of the results of the Challenger-Expedition, and beg to express my best thanks to the Hon. the Premier for forwarding it.1
I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
Castracane degli Antelminelli (1886). On 4 March 1887 Graham Berry, the Premier of Victoria, asked that the contents of a box of books and papers forwarded to his office be distributed to the relevant government departments. M was sent, on 16 March, 'One parcel addressed to Baron Müller One box said to contain Challenger Report Botany Vol 2'.
Please cite as “FVM-87-04-23a,” 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