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No. 3505, p. 884, unit 68, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria. M84.09.26

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Thomas Wilson to Stanley Dobson, 1884-09-26 [M84.09.26]. 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/mentions/selected/M84-09-26-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne, 26 Septr 1884
Sir
With reference to your letter of the 20th instant
1
See S. Dobson to J. Service, 20 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-20).
and previous correspondence
2
See S. Dobson to J. Service, 12 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-12), and S. Dobson to G. Berry, 20 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-20a). The following letters, all at A84/8354, unit 59, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria, are also relevant: S. Dobson to G. Berry, 13 September 1884. S. Dobson to E. Thomas, 17 September 1884, and S. Dobson to J. Service, 19 September 1884.
in regard to the necessity for the publication of a Botanical Key I have now the honor to inform you that the Chief Secretary has approved of the desired Key being published and has issued instructions to the Government Printer accordingly.
3
See also T. Wilson to M, 26 September 1884, and S. Dobson to T. Wilson, 27 September 1884 (in this edition as M84-09-27).
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
T. Wilson
The Hon. V. S. Dobson L.L.D., M.L.C.
73 Chancery Lane