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L59/6770, unit 746, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.06.27a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Harker, 1859-06-27 [59.06.27a]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-06-27a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne, 27. June 1859.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to place at the disposal of the council of the philosophical Institute of Victoria the sum of £2000 two thousand pounds Sterling, which amount was voted by the Legislative Assembly as a "grant for building purposes" to the philosophical Institute under No. 50 of estimates of Hon. Chief Secretary's department.
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A similar request was made in M to J. O'Shanassy, 27 June 1859.
The Council of the Institute accepted already a tender for the erection of the building on the ground granted by the Government to the Institute, and the work for which the above sum was voted is already under progress.
We have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servants
Ferd Mueller,
President of the phil. Institute
Martin H. Irving
Treasurer of the Philosophical Institute
The honorable the treasurer
Melbourne.
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On 28 June Irving also wrote to the Treasurer about the Philosophical Institute's building: 'I have this morning received from Dr Müller a note [letter not found] requesting me to sign the accompanying claim "as such is the wish of the Treasurer". I have therefore done so. I have however by desire of the Under Secretary already filled up and returned to the Office of the Chief Secretary a claim for the same sum my signature having previously been deemed sufficient at the Treasury.' The present letter was sent to the Chief Secretary on 6 July 1859.