Document information

Physical location:

V93/8197, unit 757, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 93.12.02

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bell, 1893-12-02. 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/1890-6/1893/93-12-02-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

South-Yarra,
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Melbourne.
2/12/93.
G. Bell Esqr,
Acting Under-Secretary.
Sir
May I solicit, that the hon. the Chief Secretary will be pleased in granting me 25 copies of the "second Census of Australian Plants,"
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B89.12.03.
to aid me in my extensive litterary interchange abroad The work is not illustrated, therefore quite inexpensive, and can well be spared at the Governments Printing Office.
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The Chief Secretary, J. Patterson, approved M's request on 6 December 1893, and it was forwarded immediately to R. Brain, the Government Printer, 'to supply'. Brain replied on 13 December to say the books had been sent to M.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist