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T69/18471, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 69.04.05

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant, 1869-04-05. 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/1860-9/1869/69-04-05-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne botan Garden
5/4/69.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of one hundred and twenty pounds Sterling (£120) to secure that portion of the great Sonderian collections of Museum plants, which most particularly now is needed for the study of those Australian plants, which are to be elucidated in my next volumes. This sum would be available out of the vote for purchase of plants and bona fide property would be obtained for it. The former course for similar payments has been to transmit the amount to the Agent General in London, through whom the sending from Hamburg via London could be effected.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd von Mueller.
The honorable Jam. Macph. Grant, M.P.
Minister for Crown Lands & Survey
&c &c &c
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Grant minuted his approval M's request on 12 April 1869. See also M to J. Grant, 31 August 1869.