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No. S53/1212, 53/2731, unit 20, p. 187, VPRS 3219 outward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 53.03.08

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Lewis Gilles to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1853-03-08. 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//letters/1850-9/1853/53-03-08-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

8th March 1853
I am directed by the L. G
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Lieutenant Governor, i.e. C. J. La Trobe..
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated May Day Hill 22 February
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M to W. Lonsdale, 22 February 1853.
and to express His Ex's thanks for the interesting account of the many valuable species of plants reported to have been discovered by you in your tour through the Interior and I am further to request you will continue to prosecute your Botanical researches with the same untiring zeal, under the hope of still further success
By order
L. Gilles A. C. S.
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Assistant Colonial Secretary.
F. Mueller Esqre
Government Botanist