To John O'Shanassy   21 June 1859

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden

21. June 59.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure in this establishment during the next quarter of the year, vize

Salaries

£300

Wages (according to the previous quarter)

£1200

Expense of publishing work on plants of Victoria

£80

Incidental expenses including the remainder of those occurred in the past quarter

£50

Purchase of plants

£50.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

 

The honorable the Chief Secretary

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M's request was approved.

Please cite as “FVM-59-06-21,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-06-21