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71/1076, VPRS 1187, unit 25, p. 283, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 71.03.29aPreferred Citation:
William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-03-29 [71.03.29a]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-03-29a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
(Circular)
Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 29 March 1871.
Sir
By direction of the Chief Secretary I have the honor to request that in the event
of information reaching you of the decease of any retired officer formerly belonging
to you department and in receipt of a pension the circumstance may be communicated
to this Office together with all particulars.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
for the Under Secretary
Thos. Webb Ware
1
Copies of the circular were sent to heads of a number of the subsidiary departments
within the Chief Secretary’s Department.
The Director
Botanic Gardens.