From Thomas Balmain   28 May 1858

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

1
M to C. Duffy, 22 May 1858.
2
Commissioner of Public Works.

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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-05-28