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Physical location:

A72/2805, unit 597, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.03.19a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1872-03-19 [72.03.19a]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-03-19a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Requisition for Articles not included in the Annual Contracts, for the Department of the bot. Garden
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Only two of the columns on the form have been filled in; they are the only ones transcribed here.
Quantity required
Articles (give full description, &c).
10,000
ten thousand paper labels for Museum plants according to sample
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A sample label is glued to the requisition form. It has 'PHYTOLOGIC MUSEUM OF MELBOURNE' at the top and 'BARON FERD. VON MUELLER, PH. & M.D.' at the bottom.
To the Chairman of the Tender Board,
Stores and Transport Office, Melbourne
Head of Department, Ferd. von Mueller
Date, 19 March 1872
19/3/72.
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Note written on a separate sheet enclosed in the file.
Submitted for the favorable consideration of the hon. the Chief Secretary.
Ferd. von Mueller