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J76/9542, unit 930, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence VA 475 Chief Secretary Department, Public Record office, Victoria. 76.09.02a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1876-09-02 [76.09.02a]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-09-02a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne
2/9/76.
W.H. Odgers Esqr
Undersecretary.
Sir.
In continuation of a former communication
1
See M to J. MacPherson, 29 July 1876.
I have the honor to suggest, that the £100 for publication of plants on this year's estimates
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The £100 had been intended as the Victorian Government's contribution to a further volume of Flora australiensis, but was no longer required for this purpose when Bentham decided that vol. 7 would be the last in the series.
may be placed at disposal for printing either by tender or at the Gov. Printing office my "industrial plants" from the four volumes of the Acclimation Society
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B71.06.02, B72.13.02, B74.13.06, B75.07.06.
in a rearranged and connected form with supplements. This publication would be the most important, which at this moment can be brought out in my Department for the industrial vegetable resources of the colony.
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The Chief Secretary, J. MacPherson, minuted his approval on 11 September and the work was published as B76.13.03.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.