Document information

Physical location:

No. 3332, unit 6, VPRS 963 register of correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.06.21b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Francis, 1860-06-21 [60.06.21b]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-06-21b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only. This letter was also registered in the Department of Crown Lands and Survey, where the contents were summarized as 'Rec. man to protect trees' (No. 3430, unit 4, VPRS 227, Public Record Office, Victoria).
[Applies for auth
2
authorisation.
employment of a man]
3
The request was declined; see W. Stokes to M, 4 July 1860 (in this edition as 60-07-04a), which also gives the date of M's letter and indicates more clearly what M was proposing.