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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Symonds   13 Aug 1858

Melbourne bot. Garden,

13. Aug. 1858

Sir

In reply to your memorandum 18031 I have the honor to inform you that the Hon. the Chief Secretary has been pleased to allow the sum of £120 under authority N. 247 to be used both for travelling expenses & incidental expenses. It will be impossible for the Director of the bot. Garden to effect the repairs and to provide properly for other frequent exigencies of such an extensive public establishment, unless he is permitted the unrestricted use of the incidental expenses voted for his Department.

Should you however be unable to sanction except through the Gov. Storekeeper in quaterly requisition such trifling expenses as those incurred at Mr Langwills establishment,2 it will either necessitate the Director to defray such expenses from his private means, (severly taxed already by many requirements for which the Government has not provided) or to leave many things out of immediately wanted repairs & consequently in a neglected state.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd Mueller.

M.D., Ph.D.,

Director of the bot Garden

E. S. Symonds Esq

Under treasurer &c &c &c

Melbourne

1

Memorandum not found.

2

P. Langwill & Co., ironmongers, Collins and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne?

3

Annotated 'Noted' followed by an illegible set of initials. There are several other, illegible annotations.

Please cite as “FVM-58-08-13a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-08-13a