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Physical location:

Q60/7351, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.08.22

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson, 1860-08-22. 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/1860-9/1860/60-08-22-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.
Melbourne bot. & zoolog. Garden
22 August 1860.
Sir
By desire of the Gentlemen constituting the Committee of the Zoological Garden, I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the appropriation of one hundred and fifty pounds Sterling out of the vote for purchase of animals for the introduction of Chinese sheep, and that you will be pleased, should the Committees proposal meet with your approval, to cause the above sum to be placed to the credit of Mr Lyall, M.L.A., who has kindly undertaken the arrangements for importing these useful animals.
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Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
&c&c&c