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P67/474, unit 381, VPRS 3991 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.05.18bPreferred Citation:
W. Turner to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-05-18 [66.05.18b]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-05-18b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
1
MS is annotated 'No 3' of 74 receipts covering materials supplied via the Botanic
Garden for the Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866-7, for which
M was one of the Commissioners.
Received from Dr F. Mueller three pounds eight shillgs for sixty eight feet super
of Black wood at one shill. per ft super
2
'superficial foot' ('superfoot') = one twelfth of a cubic foot, the volume of timber
equivalent to one foot square by one inch thick.
£3.8.0
Recd payment
W. Turner