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No. 5822, pp. 2, 509, unit 53, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 79.12.20a

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William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-12-20 [79.12.20a]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-12-20a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Document is a printed form (p. 2) with a handwritten record on a separate sheet (p. 509) of entries in the spaces.
Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 20. Dec. 1879
Sir,
I am directed by the Chief Secretary to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th inst.
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See M to G. Berry, 8 December 1879 (in this edition as 79-12-08b).
requesting that your Report on the Forest resources of Western Australia
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B79.13.10, published in London. Copies were received in Melbourne and 25 sent to M for his use; see W. Odgers to M, 15 January 1880.
may be sent to certain Institutions &c., and that you may be personally supplied with copies.
I regret to say that the Reports have not yet been received.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
W. H. Odgers
The Government Botanist
&c &c&c