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No. 1551, p. 1055, unit 63, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office,Victoria. 83.04.24

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Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-04-24. 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/1880-9/1883/83-04-24-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 24th April 1883
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant,
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M to T. Wilson, 16 April 1883 (in this edition as 83-04-16b).
and with reference thereto beg to inform you that the amount required for the purchase of the collection of dried plants of the late Dr Sonder of Hamburg viz. £900 (less premium) will by the outgoing mail, be transmitted to the Agent General, who has been desired to place himself in communication with Mrs Sonder, and to arrange for the early transmission to this colony of the collection referred to.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. R. Wilson
The Government Botanist