Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,
1. Oct. 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure in this establishment during the remaining quarter of the year.
| Wages according to the scale allowed in the preceeding quarter (being the sum of £1040 - - not applied for & £74.16.- balance unexpended of the wages votes of the past quarter of the year) |
£.1114.16/ |
| For publishing a work on the indigenous plants1 |
£80.- .- |
| For the purchase of animals and expenses connected with their introduction (including Mr Ledgers expenses of bringing two additional male Alpacas to the colony) |
£78.- .- |
| Incidental expenses including such as remained unliquidated in the last quarter |
£18.- .- |
| Food and forage for animals |
£40.- .- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c 2
Please cite as “FVM-60-10-01a,” 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