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My dear Baron,
Will you have the goodness to examine the accompanying foliage and sample of timber from between Sandhurst2 and Heathcote3 and let me have your opinion as to to4 the nature of the timber and its suitability and durability for railway purposes.5
Faithfully Your,
Robt Watson
Eng in Chief
Baron F. von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c &c
Arnold Street South Yarra
editorial addition.
Now Bendigo, Vic.
Vic.
to repeated.
A reply was registered on 5 July: 'Rpt timber sample wood Sandhurst to Heathcote' (87/3668, unit 7, VPRS 427, index to inward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2876, Victorian Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria), but letter not found.
Dated to 4 July 1887 on the basis that the preceding and following letters in the letter-book have that date.
Please cite as “FVM-87-07-04b,” 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