The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, Botan. Garden, ¶ 23/3/67 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the documents kindly sent by you, and referring to the Cinchona-plantations of India. They will be to me a...

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Q67/3048, unit 253, VPRS 3991/P inwards registered correspondence, VA 860 Chief Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 67.03.23a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1867-03-23 [67.03.23a]. 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/1860-9/1867/67-03-23a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne, Botan. Garden,

23/3/67

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the documents kindly sent by you, and referring to the -plantations of India. They will be to me a further guidance in my operations to locate the , tea &c in some of our ferntree gullies, for which purpose many thousand plants have been reared without any direct expense to this Government. I beg to return the receipt-form.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your very obedient serv.

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

Government Office ,

Fort Saint George.

2 Copies each of the Extracts from the Reports on the Govt. Chinchona

Name mis-spelled here and in unsigned receipt below.

Plantations and Botanical Gardens for 1863-64 & 1864-65

forwarded by order of Government this 8 day of Febr 1867, per Dâk Banghy, franked to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary Victoria. —

Received from the Under Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, 2 copies of Extracts from Reports re Chincona Plantations this 18 day of March 1867

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Early return to this Office of this Voucher duly signed is requested.