Document information

Physical location:

No. 5436, vol. 1894 X, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 94.07.26

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Patterson, 1894-07-26. 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/1890-6/1894/94-07-26-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of an item dated 26 July 1894. M had asked, several weeks earlier, whether an absence of Minchin's through ill-health could be treated as annual leave; see M to J. Pastterson, 12 June 1894 (in this edition as 94-06-12a). It is not clear whether the absence now referred to was the sdame period, or a new one.
[Minchin Mr Explains absence.]
2
M's letter was returned to him on 27 July minuted: 'Reprimand & fine £1'. M returned the file on 30 July.