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No 387, unit 48, p. 302, VPRS 1187/P outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 78.02.23

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-02-23. 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/1870-9/1878/78-02-23-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 23 February 1878
Sir,
I have the honor by desire of the Chief Secretary to ask your attention without further delay to the letter addressed to you from this department
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Marginal note: '26 July 1877 No 3289'; see W. Odgers to M, 26 July 1877.
forwarding for your perusal and remarks a Despatch by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State
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Marginal note: '7 May 1877'.
and enclosed pamphlet by Dr J. C. Brown
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J. C. Brown (1877).
on the question of introducing the systematic study of Forest Science into schools.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. Odgers
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For reply, with explanation, see M to W. Odgers, 5 March 1878 (in this edition as 78-03-05a).
The Government Botanist
& &c