Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden
5 November 1860
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that the Committee of the zoological Garden has instructed me to bring under your favorable notice, the annexed shedule of estimates, deemed by the Gentlemen as desirable as a seperate fund for the proposed zoological department.
This sum includes not the special item required for the introduction of Vicunas and pure Alpacas through Mr Charles Ledger, should such meet with your Honors approval.
I beg leave to suggest, that certain reductions of the expenditure of the botanic Garden might be effected in favor of the new establishment without interfering with the efficiency of the botanical Garden.
I have the honor of submitting therefore a new shedule of estimates for the latter, the conjoined sum of both certainly exceeding considerably the amalgamated fund of the botanic and zoologic Garden as proposed in June last for 1861,1 this increase of expenditure owing to the necessity of creating a new office and by the proposed wider extension of the zoological establishment.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The Honorable the Chief Secretary.
&c &c &c2
Botanic Garden.
|
£. |
s. |
d. |
||
| Salaries & Wages | Government Botanist & Director |
600 |
— |
— |
| Assistant |
300 |
— |
— |
|
| Curator |
300 |
— |
— |
|
| Wages to Gardeners, Labourers &c. |
4200 |
— |
— |
|
| Contingencies. | Purchase of plants & seeds |
150 |
— |
— |
| Expenses of publishing work on indigenous plants |
320 |
— |
— |
|
| Stores, timber, tools, drainmaterial, tanks, flowerpots, labels &c. |
420 |
— |
— |
|
| Forage for two drafthorses, singing-birds, emus, waterbirds |
290 |
— |
— |
|
| Travelling and incidental expenses and transit expenses for plants |
160 |
— |
— |
|
| Towards the formation of a botanical Museum |
1600 |
— |
— |
|
|
Total. £ |
8340 |
Zoological Garden.
|
£. |
s. |
d. |
||
| Salaries & Wages | Superintendent |
4003 |
— |
— |
| Wages |
12004 |
— |
— |
|
| Fencing and stabling |
1500 |
— |
— |
|
| Introduction of Salmon |
500 |
— |
— |
|
| Purchase of useful animals and expenses connected with their introduction |
500 |
— |
— |
|
| Forage |
150 |
— |
— |
|
| Laying on water & forming ponds |
400 |
— |
— |
|
| Stores and incidental expenses |
300 |
— |
— |
|
|
£ |
4950 |
|||
| Introduction of Vicunas and Alpacas |
M to W. Nicholson, 30 June 1860.
On 27 June 1863 Under Secretary W. Odgers noted that M's letter had been 'recd from Mr Moore on Mr O'S retiremt'. The 'Mr Moore' was presumably the former Under Secretary, J. Moore, and 'Mr O'S', J. O'Shanassy.
Superintendent 400 deleted by unknown.
1200 deleted and 600 inserted by unknown.
MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-60-11-05d,” 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