The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 19th April [187]1 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 16th inst, ¶ to thank you for it, and to inform you in reply that the Committee gratefully accept your offer to lecture...

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Physical location:

Letter no. 73/I.T.M.71, Outward letterbook 1870-9 p. 180, Industrial and Technological Museum and Public Library, Museum Victoria. 71.04.19b

Preferred Citation:

Marcus Clarke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-19 [71.04.19b]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-04-19b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

19th April [187]1

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 16th inst,

M to M. Clarke, 16 April 1871. See also M. Clarke to M, 11 April 1871 (in this edition as 71-04-11c).

to thank you for it, and to inform you in reply that the Committee gratefully accept your offer to lecture

M delivered his lecture, on 'Forest culture in its relation to industrial pursuits', on 22 June 1871. It was later published as B71.13.03.

and will pay any reasonable expenses you may incur

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

Marcus Clarke

Secretary

The Director Botanic Gardens.