From Thomas Wilson to Stanley Dobson   26 Sep 1884

Chief Secretary's Office

Melbourne, 26 Septr 1884

Sir

With reference to your letter of the 20th instant1 and previous correspondence2 in regard to the necessity for the publication of a Botanical Key I have now the honor to inform you that the Chief Secretary has approved of the desired Key being published and has issued instructions to the Government Printer accordingly.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

T. Wilson

The Hon. V. S. Dobson L.L.D., M.L.C.

73 Chancery Lane

See S. Dobson to J. Service, 20 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-20).

See S. Dobson to J. Service, 12 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-12), and S. Dobson to G. Berry, 20 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-20a). The following letters, all at A84/8354, unit 59, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria, are also relevant: S. Dobson to G. Berry, 13 September 1884; S. Dobson to E. Thomas, 17 September 1884; and S. Dobson to J. Service, 19 September 1884.

See also T. Wilson to M, 26 September 1884, and S. Dobson to T. Wilson, 27 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-27).

Please cite as “FVM-M84-09-26,” 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/M84-09-26