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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson   23 Mar 1892

South-Yarra,1

23 March 1892.

T. R. Wilson Esqr.

Under Secretary

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter,2 informing me, that the hon. the Chief Secretary has been pleased to allow Mess. Minchin and French to remain Officers of the Gov. Botanist's Department til the end of the current finance-year, unless some openings should before occur in other Departments, to which these two members of the present public service could be transferred. Kindly convey to Mr M'Lean my extreme gratitude for this generous act, which is also highly appreciated by the two employees concerned.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Gov. Botanist

1

Melbourne.

2

See T. Wilson to M, 22 March 1892 (in this edition as 92-03-22a).

3

The Chief Secretary, A. McLean, initialled M's letter. See also M to T. Wilson, 23 March 1892 (in this edition as 92-03-23a).

Please cite as “FVM-92-03-23,” 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/92-03-23