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From Henry Barff to Ferdinand von Mueller   8 Nov 1887

November 8th [188]71

Sir,

I have the honour, by direction of the Senate again to invite your assistance and co-operation in conducting the annual Examinations of students in the department of Botany. At the same time I am directed to convey to you the thanks of the Senate for the kind assistance which you have always so readily given in the past.

Professor Stephens will communicate with you in regard to the details of the Examination in which you are requested to take part.2

I have the honour to be

Your obedient servant

H E. Barff

Registrar

Baron von Mueller K.C.M.G.

&c &c.

Botanic Gardens

Melbourne

1

editorial addition — MS is in a letterpress copy book.

2

Letters between W. J. Stephens and M not found. A copy of the examination paper was sent to Kew; see Examination paper, University of Sydney, December 1877 (in this edition as 87-12-00c) (B88.14.04).

Please cite as “FVM-87-11-08,” 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/87-11-08