Melbourne,
10 Jan 1888.
H. Moors Esqr
Acting Undersecretary.
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday,1 informing me, that by an order in Council my services as Gov. Botanist will be continued til the 30 June next; and I beg now to convey to our honorable Minister and through him to his Excellency and the other Ministers my best thanks for the additional concession made, with an expression of hope, that also in the new finance-year I may be allowed, to proceed in an unimpaired position with conducting the administration of the Department, to the establishing of which I have devoted all the best energies of my life, and to which I would so much wish to devote all my attention, so long as my strength and mental faculties last.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obed. servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist
Please cite as “FVM-88-01-10a,” 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