Letter not found; item is a register entry only, dated 30 September 1893.
Chief Secretary.
When the Estimate for the coming year for the Government Botanist's department were considered by the Legislative Assembly on 28 September, the member for Ballarat West, Richard Vale, launched a vigorous attack on M, declaring that in a period of government retrenchments, his position was a waste of public money. Several members sprang to M's defence and the Estimate was then passed; Patterson did not make a speech but is recorded as having made an interjection that could be seen as favourable to M's cause (Victoria, Parliamentary debates, 1893, pp. 1901-5, at p. 1902).
Please cite as “FVM-93-09-00c,” 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