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O78/5295, unit 1022, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 78.05.23

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1878-05-23. 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/1870-9/1878/78-05-23-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne
23/5/78.
The honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.
Chief Secretary
Sir.
I have the honor to solicit, that my plain popular work on Victorian plants, may be printed at the office of the Gov. Printer or that some provision may be made on the new estimates with a view of bringing out the work by a private firm. The print of the work was commenced two years ago, but discontinued, in order that my smaller school-book
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B77.08.01.
(since furnished to all the state-schools) should have precedence.
The first part, comprising about 150 pages with about 50 wood-cuts, would be complete by itself,
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B79.06.04. The work when published had 190 pages. No further parts were published.
and the continuation would comprise three parts more, each of which might appear in one year. The wood engravings for the first part are nearly all ready at Mr Ferres's Office, so that the issue of this first portion of the work might be accomplished in a few months, should it meet with your approbation.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
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Berry minuted his approval of M's request on 2 July 1878. M responded on 3 July: 'Returned with best thanks for the hon. the Chief Secretarys approval'. In M to W. Odgers, 4 July 1878, M asked that a memorandum be sent to J. Ferres, the Government Printer, instructing him to print the book. This was done on 5 July, and Ferres noted the Chief Secretary's approval on 8 July.
See also M to J. MacPherson, 21 June 1876.