Document information

Physical location:

A72/11302, unit 606, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.09.14

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Francis, 1872-09-14. 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/1870-9/1872/72-09-14-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Botanic Garden
Melbourne, 14th Septbr. 1872
Sir
I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to grant a transfer of the sum of £1.14/ (one pound fourteen shillings Sterlg) from the vote for Forage (1871/2), now still under authority No 625, to the votes for Incidental Expenses, in order to enable me to meet a claim for gas, consumed in the laboratory of the Botanic Garden during the last financial year.
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An annotation on the letter indicates that the transfer was approved.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Direct. botanic Garden.
The Honorable the Chief Secretary