28 May [1858]
Sir,
In reply to the enquiry made in your letter of the 22nd instant,1 I have the honor to inform you that the only holidays allowed to daily laborers of this Department are Christmas Day and Good Friday, for which days wages are not paid
Sd for CPW2 T. C. Balmain
The Director of the Botanic Gardens
Please cite as “FVM-58-05-28,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on