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From Francis Reddin to Ferdinand von Mueller   30 Jan 1895

Public Service Board,

Melbourne, 30th January 1895

Sir,

In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 28th instant,1 respecting Messrs. Minchin and French,2 of your Branch, I have the honour, by direction, to state that the officers named have been reported to the Board by the Under Secretary as available for transfer, and that the Board have no alternative but to transfer them temporarily3 to the Department of Agriculture, where their services are urgently required.4

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Francis Reddin,

for5 Secretary.

The Government Botanist.

1

See M to F. Reddin, 28 January 1895.

2

Charles H. French.

3

temporarily interlined by hand.

4

M forwarded this letter to the Chief Secretary's Office; see M to C. Topp, 8 March 1895 (in this edition as 95-03-08a).

5

for added by hand.

6

Document is typewritten.

Please cite as “FVM-95-01-30,” 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/95-01-30