The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, 1st February 1887 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to submit for your favorable consideration a letter from the Honorable the Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, ¶ in which that gentleman ...

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Physical location:

J87/984, unit 237, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 87.02.01

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alfred Deakin, 1887-02-01. 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/1880-9/1887/87-02-01-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.

Melbourne, 1st February 1887

Sir

I have the honor to submit for your favorable consideration a letter from the Honorable the Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington,

See N. Colman to M, 10 December 1886.

in which that gentleman desires to be supplied with decades 8 and 9 of the Eucalyptographia,

B82.13.17, B84.04.04.

published at the Govt. Printing Office.

Soliciting that you will be good enough to comply with the request and cause the same to be forwarded,

M's letter was referred to the Premier who authorized the request and issued 'the necessary instructions'. E. Thomas, Under Secretary, then returned it to the Chief Secretary's Department on 21 Febrary from where it was forwarded to M for information. He replied 'with best thanks' on 23 February. On 1 June 1887 the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division, wrote from Washington thanking the Premier for the gift (P87/2283, unit 112, VPTS 1163/P1, PROV).

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Govt. Botanist

The Honorable

the Chief Secretary.