Ferdinand von Mueller

Melbourne,

17/1/80.

To the honorable Malcolm Fraser, Minister of the Lands-Department of Western Australia.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 25 copies of my Report on the Forest-Resources of Western Australia,

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B79.13.10.

just received through the Office of the hon. Colonial Secretary of Melbourne, and it is also my pleasant duty to acknowledge the receipt of six more copies, received previously through the Deputy Surveyor General.

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John Forrest. Fraser authorized Forrest on 24 November 1879 to send 6 copies to M, and on 28 November to arrange for a further 50 copies to be sent to Victoria's Chief Secretary, with 25 of these earmarked for M (Colonial Secretary's Office, Acc. 527, no. 345/9, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth).

While thanking you and your honorable Colleagues for your liberality in providing these copies, I beg to remark, that I shall distribute them chiefly among such scientific institutions abroad, as are likely to utilize the work for the furtherance of the practical knowledge of the natural riches of your wide colonial territory.