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A86/3516, unit 170, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 86.07.01aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1886-07-01 [86.07.01a]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-07-01a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Melbourne,
1 July 1886
T. R. Wilson Esqr
Undersecretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30 June,
informing me, that H. Exc. the Governor in Council has been pleased, to sanction
my being retained in my position as Gov. Botanist and beg to express for this act
of grace, of which I will endeavour to show myself worthy, the feelings of my gratitude.
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See M to A. Deakin, 28 March 1886, and T. Wilson to M, 30 June 1886 (in this edition as 86-06-30b).
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.