Ferdinand von Mueller

Melbourne,

25 May 1887.

T. R. Wilson Esqr,

Undersecretary,

Sir.

I have the honor to solicit, that the hon. the Acting Chief Secretary will be pleased, to consider, while now the estimates are anew under consideration, that as pointed out in my letter of the 22 Oct. 1886,

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M to T. Wilson, 22 October 1886.

the sum of £190.- .- may be placed on the additional estimates for a new edition of the volume on "select plants for industrial culture and naturalisation".

2

The previous edition was B85.12.03; the next was B88.12.01. No sum was added to the Additional Estimates, but the new edition became possible as a result of the estimates for 1888-9 having been approved, see M to T. Wilson, 17 November 1887.

As the sale of the whole edition (minus some donation copies) within seven months realized a larger sum at the Gov. Printing Office for the consolidated revenue, than the cost of printing it may be anticipated, that the new (and further enlarged) edition will cover by its sale also again the expenditure of issue. numerous applications to purchase this work for information on rural cultures are made; yet not a single copy is any longer obtainable for months.