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No 3289, unit 45, p. 930, VPRS 1187/P outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 77.07.26

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-07-26. 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/1870-9/1877/77-07-26-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS is a file copy.
Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 26 July 1877
Sir,
I am directed to transmit for your perusal a copy of a recent Despatch by the Right Honble. The Secretary of State on the subject of the systematic study of Forest Science
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MS annotations: '8. May, 1877' and 'Enclosure of 13/4/77'. Despatch not found.
and to request, that you will be good enough to return it to this office at your convenience with your remarks.
A copy of the Work referred to in the Despatch ("The Schools of Forestry in Europe," by J. C. [Brown] L L.D
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J. C. Brown (1877).
) is also forwarded.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. Odgers
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See W. Odgers to M, 23 February 1878, requesting a reply to his letter, and M to W. Odgers, 5 March 1878 (in this edition as 78-03-05a).
The Government Botanist