Public Works Department
Melbourne, 24th April 1856.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 3rd Instant,1 requesting to be informed whether the Committee of Management of the Botanic Gardens, are willing to transfer to the University the collection of dried plants made by Dr Mueller, and if so upon what terms, and when they can be delivered.
In reply I have to inform you that most of the Plants collected by Dr Mueller are in duplicate and that a specimen of every one will be handed over to the University as soon as they separated.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
C. Pasley
Commissioner of Public Works
The Chancellor of the University of Melbourne2
Please cite as “FVM-M56-04-24,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/M56-04-24