Document information

Physical location:

No. 3818, p. 1233, unit 43, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria. 76.11.24a

Preferred Citation:

William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-11-24 [76.11.24a]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-11-24a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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MS is a circular sent to Heads of Departments within the Chief Secretary's Department.
Circular
Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 24th November 1876
Sir,
I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to inform the Officers of your Department that it is necessary they should as they respectively attain the age of sixty years report the fact to you in order that you may furnish the information to this Office.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
W. H. Odgers
The Government Botanist