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FOREIGN OFFICE TO KEW. 
Foreign Office 
April 23rd, 1861. 
SIR, 
With reference to your miners of the 14th February last, 
Iam directed by Lord John Russell to inform you that, in the 
opinion of the Lords pew mien of Her Majesty’s Treasury, it 
will be expedient to defer the consideration of the question of a 
publication of a Flora of Tropical Africa until the results of the 
oo Expedition ee the direction of Dr, Livingstone shall 
I am, Sir 
Tout most obedient humble Servant, 
(Sgd.) WOODHOUSE, 
Sir W. Hooker, 
Kew. 
COLONIAL OFFICE TO KEW. 
Downing Street, 
December 22, 1863. 
SiR, 
I am directed by the Duke of Newcastle to acknowledge 
the receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, with a tigate state- 
ment showing the success which has attended t plan of a 
publication of the different Floras of the British Celadtes and 
submitting, for ht) alas notice, your project of publishing one 
of all Be ts, fri 
The British Gvarauieaite on the West Coast are quite unable, as 
you are aware, to contribute any uniary assistance tow. 
yielding similar cud 
I am, &c., 
(Sgd.) T. FREDK, ELLIOTT, 
Sir W. Hooker. 
KEW TO OFFICE OF WORKS. 
al Gardens, Kew 
— November 28, 1864. 
Sir, 
I have required some little time to give a satisfactory 
pindal 3 to the very gratifying letter you did me the gece to 
end me from the Lords of H.M. Treasury (end. whieh) 
return) on the subject of the publication of a Flora of Tropical 
ric 
Till I was aware of this reply to the application in favour of 
the grant, 1 could not certainly undertake would be 
the author. I felt it to be only a duty tol make the offer to 
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