Melbourne,
31 March 1892.
T. R. Wilson Esqr,
Under Secretary
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day,1 informing me, that his Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased, to order my position as Governm. Botanist to be continued til the end of 1892. In expressing my sentiments of gratitude for this act of generosity to the Government, I beg to assure our honorable Chief, that my best endeavours will also in future be given, to sustain the scientific credit, which in my own professional way I tried to bring about for the Colony Victoria here and abroad, always combined with permanent utilitarian effect. Will you kindly convey my special thanks to Mr M'Lean for the generous interest, taken by him in my own administrative fate and in the welfare of my institution. Allow me also, to express my high appreciation of the powerful support, which you, Sir, have given to the continuation of my services and the wide interest even rurally connected therewith.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Gov. Botanist.
Please cite as “FVM-92-03-31a,” 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