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O67/7030, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 67.06.06Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant, 1867-06-06. 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/1860-9/1867/67-06-06-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Melbourne bot Garden,
6/6/67
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the transmission
by next mail of one hundred pounds Sterling (£100. -. -) to the Agent General, London,
in order that this sum may be rendered available to the President of the Linnean Society,
G. Bentham Esq, as the Victorian subsidy for the 4th vol of the work on Australian
plants, in which I am engaged with that Gentleman.
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Bentham (1863-78).
I have the honor to be, Sir, your very obedient
Ferd. Mueller, M.D., FRS.
The President of the Board of Lands & Works
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The Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, C. Hodgkinson, read M's letter
before forwarding it to Grant on 15 June 1867, who approved M's request on 22 September.
The application was then forwarded to the Under Treasurer together with an expenditure
authority on 25 September. The Under Treasurer stated on 7 October 1867 that the authority
had been withdrawn but that an account for the amount to be remitted could be forwarded.
The account was duly referred to M for signature and then transmitted to the Treasury.
On 23 December 1867 the Under Treasurer stated that: 'The Crown Agents have been reqd. to [make] this payment (under present
crisis) out of funds in their hands'. M was informed of this on 27 December and on
31 December returned the file ‘with best thanks'.
40 copies of the work will be received of the work
Dr M
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Postscript in a different hand.