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N78/5041, unit 1005, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 78.05.16

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1878-05-16. 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/1870-9/1878/78-05-16-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne,
16/5/78.
W .H. Odgers Esqr.
Undersecretary.
Sir,
In reply to your telegram just received
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Telegram not found.
I have the honor to inform you, that out of the very small votes granted to the Gov. Botanists Department for this year no savings could possibly be effected, indeed the sums available not even being sufficient to carry on the lithographic work for the Eucalyptus Atlas,
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B79.13.11 etc.
nor the Laboratory operations, nor several other obligations, which I was anxious to have carried out this year.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.