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No. 620, p. 780, unit 44, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria. 77.02.23

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-02-23. 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/1870-9/1877/77-02-23-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office.
Melbourne 23 February 1877
Sir
In reply to your inquiry of the 17th instant
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See M to J. MacPherson, 17 February 1877.
whether the Chief Secretary would allow the sum of £900 voted for "Extension and other works, Botanical Museum" to be expended on a new building on new ground, I am directed to state that Mr MacPherson has already decided that the Vote is to be used in making additions to the present building.
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Note in margin: 'Div. 57 subd. 11 No. 10'. See Victoria, Estimates of expenditure for the year ending 30th June 1877 (Parliamentary Paper B1), p. 47.
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient Servant
W. H. Odgers
The Government Botanist
Melbourne