Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
22. July 61.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure during the third quarter of this year.
| Wages according to the rate of payments allowed last quarter |
£1200.- .- |
| to which sum I would beg leave to be added the amount left available of the wages fund of last quarter, vize: |
£106.15.9 |
| Employment of labour of mechanics by the piece or by the day for executing repairs or small work |
£60.- .- |
| Purchase of plants and seeds |
£45.- .- |
| Expense of publishing work on indigenous plants |
£80.- .- |
| Food and forage for animals, inclusive of such expenditure as is yet due of last quarter. |
£40.- .- |
| Travelling and incidental expenses, including such as are yet unpaid during last quarter |
£40.- .- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c1
MS file annotation: 'Some portion of the amount is already expended; for instance 60£ for male dromedary to Mr Landells. other claims are constantly coming in (for instance for Lincolnshire, changes in circumstances, English fish &c) for which purposes this fund is supposed to be distinctly intended; & the only Government grant available for the purpose'.
The minute refers to the item 'Food and forage …', i.e., for the animals housed at the Botanic Gardens in connection with the activities of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. 'Lincolnshire' is the vessel that transported the fish and birds listed in M to P. Ramel, 25 July 1861 (in this edition as 61-07-25b); see report in Argus, 27 July 1861, p. 4, col. g. Lincolnshire was cleared out of Melbourne on 22 July 1861 ('Shipping intelligence', Argus, 23 July 1861).
Please cite as “FVM-61-07-22,” 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