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V81/2765 unit 1225, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 81.04.14

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-04-14. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/81-04-14>, accessed June 23, 2025

Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne , 14th April 188 1.
No. 1252
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith the documents noted in the margin
1
Marginal note: 'Copy of Circular Despatch from Colonial Office of 26th January & enclosed Paper on the Botanical Enterprise of the Empire by Professor Thiselton Dyer. 2 Copies'.
On 26 January 1881, Earl Kimberley sent a circular to the Victorian Government saying that he was sending 'copies of a paper on the Botanical Enterprise of the Empire which was read before the Royal Colonial Institute on the 11th of May last by Professor Thiselton Dyer, the Assistant Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew' (i.e. Thisleton-Dyer (1880c)). M had previously seen the lecture in the version published in The colonies and India (Thiseton-Dyer (1880)), and in M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1880, had reacted to the comments about him that it included.
for your information.
2
On 19 April M noted on the file: 'I beg to express my best thanks for the transmission of Mr Dyers publication, one of which with his Excellencys permission I shall retain'. An annotation on the file shows that the accompanying Despatch was returned on 22 April.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
W. H. Odgers
Under Secretary.
The Government Botanist,
Melbourne
3
MS annotation: 'A similar communication has been sent to the Department of Agriculture'.